Textiles of the Islamic World

A sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. 

The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities, paired with specially taken colour images of textiles on display, photographs of weavers and dyers in action, and rare historical material.

THE OTTOMAN WORLD Turkey • The Balkans
ISLAMIC SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA Spain • Morocco • 
Algeria • Tunisia • Libya • Egypt
THE ARAB WORLD Syria • Palestine • Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Kuwait • Oman • Yemen
THE PERSIAN WORLD Iran • The Caucasus
CENTRAL ASIA Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Kyrgyzstan • Afghanistan
THE MUGHAL WORLD India • Pakistan • Bangladesh
EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA 
China • Malaysia • Indonesia • The Philippines
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA East Africa • West Africa
 

English

2010

320 Sayfa

31 x 24 cm