African Textiles

  • African Textiles
    African Textiles
    By John Gillow

    Although worn by both men and women, they were worked into collars, belts, aprons and love tokens by women. The Zulu kings established a strict royal monopoly on the import of beads, reserving certain beads for royal use or for those in ...

  • African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent
    African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent
    By John Gillow

    A guide to African textile collections open to the public, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading make this volume a practical as well as beautiful guide to the rich art of African textiles.

  • African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent
    African Textiles: Colour and Creativity Across a Continent
    By John Gillow

    This is an authoritative survey of textile arts unique and collectible rugs, tapestries, garments, and more from all parts of Africa.

  • African Textiles: The Karun Thakar Collection
    African Textiles: The Karun Thakar Collection
    By Duncan Clarke, Miriam Ali de Unzaga

    This book offers a fascinating journey through the history and culture of textiles in Africa drawn from the private collection of Karun Thakar, widely considered to be one of the best in the world.

  • African Textiles: Looms, Weaving and Design
    African Textiles: Looms, Weaving and Design
    By John Mack, John Picton

    African Textiles: Looms, Weaving and Design