Global textile encounters

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014

Subject:

Clothing and dress - Social aspects
Textile fabrics - Social aspects

Contributor:

Nosch, Marie-Louise, editor
Zhao, Feng, editor
Varadarajan, Lotika, editor

ISBN:

9781782977353, 178297735X, 9781782977353 (alk. paper), and 178297735X (alk. paper)

Series:

Ancient textiles series

Description:

vii, 308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

1.Textiles and Elite Tastes between the Mediterranean, Iran and Asia at the End of Antiquity / Matthew P. Canepa -- 2.Palla, Pallu, Chador: Draped clothing in ancient and modern cultures / Mary Harlow -- 3.From Draupadi to Dido: The duties of dress in paintings inspired by the Mahabharata and the Aeneid / Linda Matheson -- 4.The Kaftan: An unusual textile encounter in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age / Ulla Mannering -- 5.Ancient Running Animals: Tablet-woven borders from China and Norway / Lise Rbder Knudsen -- 6.The Development of Pattern Weaving Technology through Textile Exchange along the Silk Road / Zhao Feng -- 7.The Earliest Cotton Ikat Textiles from Nahal 'Omer Israel 650 -- 810 CE / Alisa Baginski -- 8.Northerners: Global travellers in the Viking Age / Eva Andersson Strand -- 9.Unravelling Textile Mysteries with DNA Analysis / Luise Ørsted Brandt -- 10.The Traceable Origin of Textiles / Karin Margarita Frei --, 11.The World of Textiles in Three Spheres: European woollens, Indian cottons and Chinese silks, 1300 -- 1700 / Giorgio Riello -- 12.Chinese Silks in Mamluk Egypt / Helen Persson -- 13.Woven Mythology: The textile encounter of makara, senmurw and phoenix / Mariachiara Gasparini -- 14.Textile in Art: The influence of textile patterns on ornaments in the architecture of medieval Zirikhgeran / Zvezdana Dode -- 15.Coromandel Textiles: The changing face of consumer demand and weavers' responses 16th to 18th century CE / Vijaya Ramaswamy -- 16.The Jesuit Dilemma in Asia: Being a naked ascetic or a court literate? / Selusi Ambrogio -- 17.The Colourful Qualities of Desire: Fashion, colours and industrial espionage / Vibe Maria Martens -- 18.Fashion Encounters: The "Siamoise", or the impact of the Great Embassy on textile design in Paris in 1687 / Corinne Thepaut-Cabasset -- 19.The Chinoiserie of the 17th to 18th-century Soho Tapestry Makers / Mette Bruun --, 20.Exoticism in Fashion: From British North America to the United States / Madelyn Shaw -- 21.Textile Symbolism and Social Mobility during the Colonial Period in Sydney Cove / Judith Cameron -- 22.The Impact of British Rule on the Dressing Sensibilities of Indian Aristocrats: A case study of the Maharaja of Baroda's dress / Toolika Gupta -- 23.Re-imagining the Dragon Robe: China chic in early twentieth-century European fashion / Sarah Cheang -- 24.Sari and the Narrative of Nation in 20th-century India / Aarti Kawlra -- 25.From Cool to Un-cool to Re-cool: Nehru and Mao tunics in the sixties and post-sixties West / Michael A. Langkjbr -- 26.Too Old: Clothes and value in Norwegian and Indian wardrobes / Kirsi Laitala -- 27.A 'Stinging' Textile: Cultivation of nettle fibre in Denmark and Asia / Ellen Bangsbo -- 28.Fist-braided Slings from Peru and Tibet / Lena Bjerregaard -- 29.Parsi Embroidery: An intercultural amalgam / Shernaz Cama --, and 30. The Navjote Ceremony and the Sudreh Kushti / Lotika Varadarajan -- 31.Globalization, Identity and T-shirt Communication / Karl-Heinz Pogner -- 32.India to Africa: Indian Madras and Kalahari creativity / Joanne B. Eicher -- 33.Textile: The non-verbal language / Jasleen Dhamija

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

GT525 .G57 2014

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