The Golden Thread - How Fabric Changed History

Zusatztext Such a captivating read its likely you'll want to devour this engrossing patchwork of textile history in one sitting Informationen zum Autor Kassia St Clair studied the history of women's dress and the masquerade during the eighteenth century at Bristol and Oxford. She has since written about design and culture for the Economist , House & Garden , TLS , Quartz and New Statesman , and has had a column about colour in Elle Decoration since 2013. Her first book The Secret Lives of Colour was a top-ten bestseller, a Radio 4 Book of the Week and has been translated into over a dozen languages; her second, The Golden Thread , was a Sunday Times Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Somerset Maugham Award. She lives in London. www.kassiastclair.com Klappentext This history of human ingenuity from the author of "The Secret Lives Of Colour" looks at how twelve different fabrics have reflected the story of human development. A new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour . Zusammenfassung A new history of ingenuity from the author of The Secret Lives of Colour.

Product details

• Authors: Kassia St Clair, Kassia St Clair, Kassia St Clair
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.10.2019
• EAN: 9781473659056
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-5905-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; History, HISTORY / World, Society & culture: general, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, Fashion & textiles: design, Industrial / commercial art & design, History of fashion, Society and culture: general, Needlework & fabric crafts, Needlework and fabric crafts, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Textile artworks: tapestries, hangings & quilts, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration