Indian Textiles in the East

The dazzlingly varied cloths presented in this book are the visual record of one of the great stories of Asian design history: the trade in Indian textiles to Southeast and East Asia. Alongside a wealth of illustrations, John Guy examines the history of the cloth-for-spices trade, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries when the thousand-year-old trade was at is peak. With beautiful photographs of the vibrantly coloured and patterned textiles themselves, vivid first-hand descriptions by travellers and merchants, historic images of people and places, related arts and ethnographic studies, this book is both an indispensable resource and a visual feast for all students and lovers of textiles.

• (Author)  John Guy
• (Illustrated)  Yes
• (Illustrator)  N/A
• (Suggested age range)  N/A
• (Series)  N/A
• (ISBN)  9780500288290
• (Publisher)  Thames & Hudson
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• (Format)  Paperback
• (Dust jacket)  N/A
• (Weight)  985g
• (Size)  31 x 23 x 1.5 cm
• (No. of pages)  N/A
• (RRP)  £N/A