The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Sari: Styles, Patterns, History, Techniques
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Linda Lynton
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:208
Dimensions(mm): Height 305,Width 225
Category/GenreArt History
Fashion design and theory
Textile design and theory
ISBN/Barcode 9780500283783
ClassificationsDewey:391.20954
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations With over 470 illustrations, 206 in colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 9 September 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Sari is one of the most beautiful and versatile garments ever invented. The pages of this book, filled with dazzling photographs and line drawings of hundreds of sari types, reflect this immense diversity, and show how each garment is in itself a brilliantly crafted work of art. Features include: * A comprehensive guide to the sari's symbols, patterns and motifs * Hundreds of photographs of many unusual saris * Diagrams of over forty sari types * A uniquely useful reference section that includes translations of over 400 Indian words and concepts * Glossary of textile terms * Information on museum collections * Bibiliography, detailed chronology and a table of sari measurements

Author Biography

Linda Lynton is an award-winning writer and a leading expert on ethnic textiles. She lectures extensively on the sari and other textiles throughout the United States.

Reviews

'A must' - Fashion Weekly 'Excellent' - The Birmingham Post 'Definitive' - Drapers Record