Needlework Through History: An Encyclopedia
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AlbakiReads Editorial A reference guide to needlework as craft, record, and cultural exchange
A reference guide to needlework as craft, record, and cultural exchange
Organized in approximately 75 entries, this encyclopedia approaches needlework as more than a practical textile craft. It traces how stitched objects and techniques can register everyday life, communal identity, spiritual belief, aesthetic ideals, and rituals surrounding major life events. The book also foregrounds the movement of techniques across regions through trade, exploration, and settlement, including traditions that developed into distinct indigenous arts. Its scope balances widely shared methods with practices tied to particular places, making it a compact reference point for the cultural histories carried in needlework.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Students researching textile, costume, or material culture history
- Information professionals and collectors seeking a needlework reference
- Readers interested in craft traditions across cultures and regions
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Needlework techniquesTextile and costume historyEveryday lifeCultural exchangeRitual and identity
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Book Overview Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth, but has also communicated individual and social identity, spiritual beli...
Needlework serves functional purposes, such as providing warmth, but has also communicated individual and social identity, spiritual beliefs, and aesthetic ideals throughout time and geography. Needlework traditions are often associated with rituals and celebrations of life events. Often-overlooked by historians, practicing needlework and creating needlework objects provides insights to the history of everyday life. Needlework techniques traveled with merchants and explorers, creating a legacy of cross-cultural exchange. Some techniques are virtually universal and others are limited to a small geographical area. Settlers brought traditions which were sometimes re-invented as indigenous arts. This volume of approximately 75 entries is a comprehensive resource on techniques and cultural traditions for students, information professionals, and collectors.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 256 | Language: English | Publisher: GREENWOOD PUB GROUP | ISBN: 0313335486
FormatHardcover
Pages256
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0313335486
EAN9780313335488
PublisherGREENWOOD PUB GROUP
Publication Date2007-04-30
EditionIllustrated
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.17 Pounds
Length6.51 Inches
Width9.37 Inches
Height0.96 Inches
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