Fabric
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Krátky popis
'Subtle, compendious and rich' - James McConnachie, The Sunday
Times'Dazzling ... Finlay's adventures, vividly recounted, make
enthralling reading ... This book is equally an inspiration and an
education' - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail'A gorgeous adventure through
the history of cloth' - StylistThe Sunday Times best paperbacks of
2022Bestselling author Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe in
a vibrant exploration of cloth through the ages.She beats the inner
bark of trees into cloth in Papua New Guinea, fails to handspin
cotton in Guatemala, visits tweed weavers at their homes in Harris,
and has lessons in patchwork-making in Gee's Bend, Alabama. And
through it all she uncovers the hidden histories of fabric: how and
why people have made it, worn it, invented it and made symbols of
itInterlaced with Victoria's own story of grief and recovery,
Fabric is a lush patchwork of travel, history, memoir and culture -
an unforgettable look into how we have made fabric, and how it has
made us.
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Profile Books ,
Victoria Finlay
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Profile Books,
Victoria Finlay
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Slovart
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