African Textiles
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7892-1450-8 (ISBN)
The African continent is home to numerous outstanding textile traditions, many dating to antiquity and all playing a multifaceted role in their respective societies: these eye-catching fabrics proclaim wealth and status, convey symbolic meanings, and of course serve a practical function in garments both ordinary and exceptional. This magnificent book conveys the amazing diversity of African textiles, from the geometric-patterned kente cloths of Ghana, to the multicolour raffia skirts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the beaded barkcloths once reserved for Ugandan royalty. The authors, all leading experts in the field, examine each region of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar in turn, elucidating the aesthetic qualities, cultural significance, and production methods of the most important textile traditions. Their authoritative text is illustrated with over 300 superlative textiles from public and private collections, many reproduced as full-page plates that allow the reader to appreciate each individual fibre. This impressive clothbound volume will be a key reference for students and scholars, an essential sourcebook for designers, and a delight for all art lovers.
Duncan Clarke is a textile dealer and has written numerous books and articles on African textiles, most recently African Textiles: The Karun Thakar Collection. Vanessa Drake Moraga is an independent scholar, textile dealer, and author of Weaving Abstraction: Kuba Textiles and the Woven Art of Central Africa. Sarah Fee is a curator of global fashion and textiles at Royal Ontario Museum, and has authored many articles on Malagasy textiles.
Foreword 9
LY DUMAS
INTRODUCTION 11
DUNCAN CLARKE
i. West Africa 18
DUNCAN CLARKE
Mali and Niger 25
Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal 61
Sierra Leone and Liberia 93
Côte d’Ivoire 129
Ghana and Togo 173
Benin 233
Nigeria 251
ii. Central Africa 308
VANESSA DRAKE MORAGA
Cameroon 313
Congo 349
iii. Eastern Africa 388
SARAH FEE
Continental Eastern Africa 393
Madagascar 415
Appendix
Notes 438
Glossary 441
Bibliography 443
Index 446
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.09.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | 300 Illustrations, color |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 260 x 340 mm |
Gewicht | 3426 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
ISBN-10 | 0-7892-1450-4 / 0789214504 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7892-1450-8 / 9780789214508 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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