Kirameku Nuno Kinsarasa To Kin Itoori / Glittering cloth: Gold Chintz and Gold Thread Weaving

The beauty of cloths decorated with gold leaf or woven with gold thread, always makes people amazed. In the past, the use of these cloths, principally in clothing, was restricted to the privileged classes the royal families, the aristocracy, and the rich. This richly illustrated book explores numerous fascinating gold-decorated textiles from India and Indonesia, which are considered to have the highest reputation in the world for the art of dyeing and weaving.

Softcover with french flaps

Book condition: New

Dust Jacket condition: No Jacket as issued

Author: Sae Ogasawara

Dimensions: 18 x 25.5 cm

Print length: 124 pages

Language: Japanese, English

Publication date: 2006

Publisher: Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum