| #5776628 in Books | 1991-01-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.25 x.91 x8.81l, | File type: PDF | 228 pages||About the Author|Printed textile designer, presently teaching art and art history appreciation at La Salle School of Art and Music, Singapore
Songket, a rich luxurious ceremonial fabric woven at one time for the exclusive use of the local royalty, is today organized as a cottage industry in Eastern Malaysia that produces the fabric exclusively for use at weddings and state functions. In this pioneering study of songket, Selvanayagam provides a fascinating historical survey of the cloth, including its uses, weaving techniques, design structure, and offers a full description of the complex register of motifs an...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Songket: Malaysia's Woven Treasure | Grace Inpam Selvanayagam. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
