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Traditional Bhutanese Textiles
by Adams, Barbara S.
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789748299297
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Trinity TB, Newfoundland, CAN
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$50.00
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1993. Bhutanese textiles remained an unknown tradition until Barbara Adams published her pioneering study in 1984. The book remains a classic on the subject, having been reprinted several times. The book is richly illustrated with both antique and modern examples of this unique tradition, which comprises both woven and applique textiles. The continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
Agile Hands and Creative Minds: A Bibliography of Textile Traditions in South Asia
by Johnson, Donald Clay
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789748304847
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. This classed bibliography provides citations to all aspects of the hand crafted textile traditions of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Topics include bibliographies and reference material, textile glossaries, museum, gallery and private collection publications, broad treatments of textiles, histories, accounts of the textiles of particular groups or made by various communities, religious… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tibetan Carpet
by Denwood, Philip
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- New
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789748304571
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$90.00
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Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1986. This classic study was the first comprehensive work on the subject, and provides an analysis of the weaving techniques in detail, classifies the various types of carpet and designs and illustrates in colour many fine examples from private collections. Hardbound in gold stamped green cloth. A new/unread copy. x, 102 pp., 24 colour and 83… Read more about this item Item Price
$90.00
Sindh Jo Ajrak: Cloth from the Banks of the River Indus
by Bilgrami, Noorjehan
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second, revised edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789748299105
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$60.00
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998. The only work on ajrak, the renowned double printed cotton cloth of Sindh, Pakistan. Precisely describes the 20 laborious stages of production and identifies the craftsmen who still accurately practice this ancient tradition today. Sample of ajrak included on the cover cloth; 196 pp., 158 colour and over 80 monochrome plates, 24 pattern drawings, map, glossary,… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
Of Wool and Loom: The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs
by Chodrak, Trinley & Kesang Tashi
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- New
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- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789748304137
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. A detailed and beautifully illustrated overview of the history and typology of Tibetan rugs and the learning of the weavers' art. The first English language treatise on the subject by native Tibetan authorities. 160 pp., 154 colour plates, endplate maps, glossary, bibliography, index. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 29 x 22 cm. Item Price
$48.00
Living Fabric: Weaving Among the Nomads of Ladakh Himalaya
by Ahmed, Monisha
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- new
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789748304878
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2002. This is the first study of the tradition of weaving among the nomadic pastoralists of Rupshu, in eastern Ladakh. Weaving touches all aspects of life in Rupshu, where both women and men weave, each on a different loom. Local narrative states that the craft of weaving was bestowed upon Rupshu by the gods, and thus all… Read more about this item Item Price
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Traditional Bhutanese Textiles
by Adams, Barbara S.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789748299297
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Trinity TB, Newfoundland, CAN
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$30.00
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1993. Bhutanese textiles remained an unknown tradition until Barbara Adams published her pioneering study in 1984. The book remains a classic on the subject, having been reprinted several times. The book is richly illustrated with both antique and modern examples of this unique tradition, which comprises both woven and applique textiles. The continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
Of Wool and Loom: The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs
by Chodrak, Trinley & Kesang Tashi
- Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- n/a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789748304151
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Trinity TB, Newfoundland, CAN
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$35.00
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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. A detailed and beautifully illustrated overview of the history and typology of Tibetan rugs and the learning of the weavers' art. The first English language treatise on the subject by native Tibetan authorities. 160 pp., 154 colour plates, endplate maps, glossary, bibliography, index. First Edition. Soft Cover. New/n/a. 29 x 22 cm. Item Price
$35.00
Celestial Art: Paper Offerings and Textiles from China Collected by Leo Haks
by Haks, Leo
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789053492352
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Trinity TB, Newfoundland, CAN
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$75.00
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Ghent: Privately Printed, 1997. A catalogue of a diverse and spectacular collection of Chinese ephemeral art, many types of which do not seem to have been previously published. The collection encompasses embroidered festive temple decorations, funerary ornament and offerings in embroidered silk and paper, funerary paper cuts, ceremonial dragon robes, paper maché and textile festive figurines, Chinese opera costumes and… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00