Release Date:- 2019-11-12
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Book Authority ā¢ 36 Best Textile Design eBooks of All Time
A briskly told, 30,000-year history of textiles that āwill make you rethink your relationship with fabricā (Elle Decoration).
From colorful threads found on the floor of an ancient Georgian cave to the Indian calicoes that fueled the Industrial Revolution, The Golden Thread illuminates the myriad and fascinating histories behind the cloths that came to define human civilizationāthe fabric, for example, that allowed mankind to shatter athletic records, and the textile technology that granted us the power to survive in space. Exploring the enduring association of textiles with āwomenās work,ā Kassia St. Clair āspins a rich social history . . . that also reflects the darker side of technologyā (Rachel Newcomb, Washington Post).