Textiles of Central and South America

Textiles of Central and South America
Author: Angela Thompson
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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The rich textile traditions of Central and South America date back to pre-Hispanic Conquest times. This fascinating book looks at both the differences and the similarities between the weaving and textile techniques and traditions of the various Latin American countries, and explores the symbolic meanings of the designs woven into or imprinted onto the cloth. Topics covered include: · Design and production, including the different types of loom and weaving techniques and the various spinning and dyeing methods. · Fibres and threads, yarns and fabric sources. · Manipulated thread crafts, including knitting and crochet, plaiting, knotting and netting, and the Spanish Sol needle-laces. · Embroidery, both hand and machine, as well as the chain-stitch embroidery worked in Peru, the politically inspired embroidery of Arpilleras, and the appliqué pictures of Chile, Peru and Guatemala. · Beadwork, both embroidered and strung. · Finishing, decorative edging and fringing. AUTHOR: For the last twenty years Angela Thompson has travelled the world in search of textiles to add to her collection. Angela has lectured on and tutored a variety of textile subjects in the UK, USA and Australia. She has written numerous articles for embroidery and textile magazines and published a series of textile related books including The Embroiderers' and Quilters' Source Book [2005]. She is a member of the Textile Society, The Spinners & Weavers Guild, The Embroiderers' Guild and The Lace Guild. 200 colour photos

The British Textile Trade in South America in the Nineteenth Century

The British Textile Trade in South America in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Manuel Llorca-Jaña
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2012-06-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139510843

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This is the first work on British textile exports to South America during the nineteenth century. During this period, textiles ranked among the most important manufactures traded in the world market and Britain was the foremost producer. Thanks to new data, this book demonstrates that British exports to South America were transacted at very high rates during the first decades after independence. This development was due to improvements in the packing of textiles; decreasing costs of production and introduction of free trade in Britain; falling ocean freight rates, marine insurance and import duties in South America; dramatic improvements in communications; and the introduction of better port facilities. Manuel Llorca-Jaña explores the marketing chain of textile exports to South America and sheds light on South Americans' consumer behaviour. This book contains the most comprehensive database on Anglo-South American trade during the nineteenth century and fills an important gap in the historiography.

Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes

Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes
Author: Margot Blum Schevill
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2010-07-05
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0292787618

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In this volume, anthropologists, art historians, fiber artists, and technologists come together to explore the meanings, uses, and fabrication of textiles in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Precolumbian times to the present. Originally published in 1991 by Garland Publishing, the book grew out of a 1987 symposium held in conjunction with the exhibit "Costume as Communication: Ethnographic Costumes and Textiles from Middle America and the Central Andes of South America" at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.

Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica And the Andes

Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica And the Andes
Author: Margot Blum Schevill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 503
Release: 1991-07-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780756781187

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In this volume, anthropologists, art historians, fiber artists, and technologists come together to explore the meanings, uses, and fabrication of textiles in Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia from Precolumbian times to the present. Originally published in 1991 by Garland Publishing, the book grew out of a 1987 symposium held in conjunction with the exhibit "Costume as Communication: Ethnographic Costumes and Textiles from Middle America and the Central Andes of South America" at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University.

Weaving a Future

Weaving a Future
Author: Elayne Zorn
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2004
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1587295229

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The people of Taquile Island on the Peruvian side of beautiful Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the Americas, are renowned for the hand-woven textiles that they both wear and sell to outsiders. One thousand seven hundred Quechua-speaking peasant farmers, who depend on potatoes and the fish from the lake, host the forty thousand tourists who visit their island each year. Yet only twenty-five years ago, few tourists had even heard of Taquile. In Weaving a Future: Tourism, Cloth, and Culture on an Andean Island, Elayne Zorn documents the remarkable transformation of the isolated rock.

Folk Textiles of Latin America

Folk Textiles of Latin America
Author: Pál Kelemen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 18
Release: 1965
Genre: Textile fabrics
ISBN:

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Costume as Communication

Costume as Communication
Author: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Publisher: Museum
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1986
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

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Textiles in America, 1650-1870

Textiles in America, 1650-1870
Author: Florence M. Montgomery
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780393732245

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First published in 1984, this remains the definitive study of textiles as they were used in early American homes.

Interwoven Globe

Interwoven Globe
Author: Amy Elizabeth Bogansky
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588394964

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Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 16, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014.