Shoowa Design: African Textiles from the Kingdom of Kuba Tapa dura - 1986

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1550grams, ISBN:9780500973318

The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, now Zaire, have been designing and making embroidered textiles for hundreds of years. With their complex geometrical patterning and bold colours, these works of art were used in a variety of ways by the Shoowas, as status symbols, dowries, shrouds, religious vestments or as a type of currency. Genuine production ceased around 1905, with the result that they have become collectors' items. This is a study of these textiles and their history. 100 designs have been selected, photographed and analyzed. Diagrams show each design's development from basic motif to complicated pattern. Translation of Shoowa motieven. 205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. 1995 reprint. Brown cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, spine faded, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Thames & Hudson. Very Good. 1986. Hardcover. 0500973318 . No dustjacket. Edges and endpapers foxed. Cloth slightly flecked and worn at edges; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 206 pages .

Thames and Hudson, 1986. Softcover. Very good/Very good. Mild edgewear.

New York, N.Y.: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1986. Paperback. VG/VG. Some edge wear to dj. Contents clean and tight.. Orange and black illus wraps with black lettering. 205 pp. 102 color plates and primarily bw illustrations. "The Shoowa people, a small tribe from the kingdom of Kuba, in what is now Zaire, have been designing and making beautiful textiles for hundreds of years. These intricate designs, in bold earthy colors, have had a variety of uses - as a type of currency, as dowries, status symbols, shrouds, and even as religious vestments..." - from hardcover dj flap.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First. hardcover. fine. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 205 pages. Thick 4to, orange cloth with black lettering, d.w. New York: Thames & Hudson, (1995). First edition. Review copy -- fine in fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

London: Thames & Hudson Inc., 1995. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Meurant, George (drawings). 205pp.incl.index; HB brick w/blk.; slight rub; PONstamp,ft.endpaper; clean,tight pgs. DJ brwns.w/beige; some rub w/wear,tp.spine&corners. "These are illustrated in full color and analyzed in detail; and drawings done by Meurant himself show the development from basic geometric motifs to highly complicated patterns." 102color plates & over 800 b/w drawings&illus.

Thames & Hudson, 1986-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!