Pull of the thread : textile travels of a generation
Fruman, Sheila2023
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Sheila Fruman, fascinated by the textiles and handmade carpets she saw when she travelled overland in 1969 from Turkey to India, tells the stories of nine intrepid adventurers who have combed the streets and bazaars of Central and South Asia finding, researching, collecting and selling antique Kashmir shawls, embroidered Uzbek textiles and robes, Anatolian kilims, Turkmen carpets and many other textile treasures to interested Westerners.
Main title:
Pull of the thread : textile travels of a generation / Sheila Fruman.
Author:
Fruman, Sheila, author
Imprint:
London : Hali Publications, 2023.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm
ISBN:
9781898113874 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
746.09746.09 FRU
Language:
English
BRN:
1196420
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