The Embroideries of North Africa

Essex: Longman Group Ltd., 1985. First Edition. Large octavo with grey cloth, silver stamping and multi-color plate; pictorial endpapers; 218 pages: illustrations (some color); map; glossary; index; 25 cm Very good (-); upper right corner a tad bumped; board cloth shows some scuffing and light wear ; pages are clean and binding tight; illustrations and photographs vivid. Hardcover. ISBN: 0582783712

Beautiful samples and information for those looking to learn North African embroidering techniques and appreciate the artistry and craft of these regions. "In a rough and ready way, it can be said that the indigenous textile art of North Africa is weaving, and it is one at which the women of many areas, both Arab and Berber, excelled. Embroidery seems to have been a much more recent introduction and, by and large, an urban skill associated with the settlers from the Andalusia, with the Turkish beys and their Circassian and Balkan harems, and with the general Mediterranean culture which inevitably influenced the cities on the sea. I will now try to disentangle some of these strands." --Introduction.

Contents: Introduction, The Embroideries of Morocco, The Embroideries of Algeria, The Embroideries of Tunisia, Turkish Embroideries in North Africa, Stitches and Applications, Glossary, Sources of quotations, Bibliography, Index.