Luxury, beauty, refinement, sensuality, elegance - silk is synonymous with all of these. No fibre - natural or manmade rivals its versatility. Silk is light but strong, smooth and soft, supremely adaptable. It can be made wonderfully warm or deliciously cool. It can be dyed with infinite subtlety or boldness. When worn or draped, its fluidity is spellbinding. This book follows the story of this remarkable material through the ages, reproducing hundreds of fabrics, furnishings and garments from all parts of the world. From ...
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Luxury, beauty, refinement, sensuality, elegance - silk is synonymous with all of these. No fibre - natural or manmade rivals its versatility. Silk is light but strong, smooth and soft, supremely adaptable. It can be made wonderfully warm or deliciously cool. It can be dyed with infinite subtlety or boldness. When worn or draped, its fluidity is spellbinding. This book follows the story of this remarkable material through the ages, reproducing hundreds of fabrics, furnishings and garments from all parts of the world. From ancient China, where the secret of reeling silkworm cocoons was first discovered, the narrative leads by the legendary Silk Routes to Byzantium and the Islamic world, to Ottoman Turkey and India - and on to the Renaissance, baroque and rococo silks of western Christendom. In modern times the fashion industry yields a wonderful array of silk designs, from Fortuny and Balenciaga, Poiret and Schiaparelli. At every stage, silk's status as the most prized fabric of all ensured that it commanded the most creative talents of each period, from anonymous Chinese masters to the celebrated dressmakers of France and Italy. A selection of illustrations, many drawn from private collections, reveals silk's omnipresence in couture and decoration, carpets, embroidery and even painting. As traveller, writer, exhibitions organizer and collector, Philippa Scott has been fascinated by silk all her life. She studied textiles at Leicester Art College and is contributing editor of "Hali".
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Very Good. 1993. hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing a little age and shelf wear, small tear to rear. Internally crisp and clear text and illustrations and remains a fine copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwill's nonprofit mission!
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Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition, 1993, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 256pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ fine.
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256pp. illus. blue cloth 4to: Fine in a Very Good+ dj [dj = rubbed/nicked @ extremities; else VG+] A handsome coffee table book featuring 274 illustrations, 180 in color.
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Very Good. Size: 9x1x12; Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Small tears to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. The story of silk through the ages, reproducing hundreds of fabrics, furnishings and garments from all parts of the world. From ancient China the narrative leads by the legendary silk routes to Byzantium and the Islamic world, to Ottoman Turkey, and on to Renaissance Europe. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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