Salish Weaving
by Gustafson, Paula
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0888942680
- ISBN 13
- 9780888942685
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1980. Book. Illus. by Warick, Robert; Photographer, Sketches By Author. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 131 pages. Glossary, bibliography, index. "Probes meticulously into the history and prehistory of Salish weaving and documents its recent revival. Known historical styles are discussed and compared, and the book includes a catalogue of all traditional Salish weavings known to exist in museum collections throughout the world. More than 100 black and white photographs and several colour plates exhibit these traditional weavings, the processes by which they were made, and the methods by which the art has been revived. Many helpful line drawings clarify technical questions, illustrating processes, artifacts and design distinctions... For the scholar and the layman, the student of the arts and the practising weaver, the interested browser and the serious collector, this is the book in its field." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 738c9916
- Title
- Salish Weaving
- Author
- Gustafson, Paula
- Illustrator
- Warick, Robert; Photographer, Sketches By Author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0888942680
- ISBN 13
- 9780888942685
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Salish Weaving Indians British Columbia Cowichan Sweaters Textile Industry Fabrics Indians of North America Pacific Northwest history and prehistory of Salish weaving and documents its recent revival. Known historical styles are discussed and compared, a
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crafts And Hobbies; Art; Native Peoples;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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