TY - BOOK AU - Schoeser,Mary TI - Textiles: the art of mankind SN - 9780500516454 (hbk.) AV - NK8806 .S357 2012 U1 - 746.09 SCH 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Textile fabrics KW - design KW - History KW - illustrated books KW - creative stitching KW - fashion N1 - "1,058 color illustrations."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 557-559) and index; Impact : Context ; Language, legacies and learning; Colour and the global vision --; Ingredients : Invention; Intentions; Alchemy --; Structure : Non-tensioned techniques; Looping, knotting, lacing and twisting; Loom-weaving --; Surface : Yarns; Stitch; Painting and printing --; Added dimensions : Letting the cloth speak; Patchwork and quilting; Textiles parkour --; Imagery : Identity ; Narrative; Of time and place ER -