Textiles of Japan: The Thomas Murray Collection
$230.78
- Hardcover
520 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2018
Summary
From rugged Japanese firemen’s ceremonial robes and austere rural work-wear to colourful, delicately-patterned cotton kimonos, this lavishly illustrated volume explores Japan’s rich tradition of textiles. Textiles are an eloquent form of cultural expression and of great importance in the daily life of a people, as well as in their rituals and ceremonies. The traditional clothing and fabrics featured in this book were made and used in the islands of the Japanese archipelago between the late 18…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783791385204 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3791385208 |
| Author: | Thomas Murray, Virginia Soensksen, Anna Jackson |
| Publisher: | Prestel |
| Imprint: | Prestel |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 520 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 3.96kg |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 337mm |
Thomas Murray
THOMAS MURRAY is a dealer of Asian and tribal art and has an extensive personal collection of Japanese and Indonesian textiles. He is a past president of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association (ATADA), and served on President Obama’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee at the Department of State in Washington, DC.
VIRGINIA SOENKSEN is Associate Director of the Madison Art Collection at James Madison University in Virginia.
ANNA JACKSON is Keeper of the Asian Department at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where she is responsible for the museum’s collection of Japanese textiles and dress.
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