Textiles explores the cultural meaning and exquisite
workmanship found in the Museum of International Folk Art''s vast
collection that spans centuries and includes pieces from seventy
countries around the world. Handcrafted work in beautiful, vivid
colors typifies the clothing, hats, robes, bedding, and shoes that
represent the lives and passions of the people who created and used
them.
關於作者:
Bobbie Sumberg is curator of Textiles and Costume at the
Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is
the coauthor of Sleeping Around: The Bed from Antiquity to Now. For
more than fifty years, the Museum of International Folk Art in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been documenting, collecting, preserving,
and interpreting the creative works of traditional artists from
cultures throughout the world.
目錄:
Introduction
Textiles
Bedding
Home
Church
Decorative
Dress
Headwear
Outerwear
Footwear
Accessories
Ceremonial
Ensembles
Notes
Index
內容試閱:
Textiles can be woven, felted, knit, crocheted, or made by a
number of other methods. The base fabric or ground can then be
decorated with dyeing techniques, embroidery and other stitchery
such as quilting or appliqué, and by attaching ribbon, beads, lace,
metal, and other trim. Cloth can also be patterned using weaving
techniques, while color can be added before weaving and even before
spinning the yarn. Textiles are used flat, not sewn to make a
threedimensional shape such as a garment. This is not to say that
flat textiles aren''t worn.
In many parts of the world a piece of cloth is wrapped around
the body as a garment, held in place with a belt or a pin or tucked
into itself.When aflat textile is primarily used as a garment it is
shown in the Dress section of this book.