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The only comprehensive historical and instructional velvet reference, this invaluable resource aids historians, curators, and textile artists. Insightfully connecting centuries of practice, Landry offers handweavers and textile scholars the fascinating development and spread of velvet weaving across Europe and Asia, plus how to weave it today on ordinary equipment. AUTHOR: Dr. Wendy Landry is a textile scholar with 45 years of weaving experience. This book distills 20 years of her research on velvet weaving around the world. Landry provides collection documentation and textile analysis and teaches workshops. SELLING POINTS: . The single resource for weavers, textile scholars, and others interested in velvet's development and production . Practical techniques for weaving velvet with affordable equipment, making the process available to ordinary weavers . Key resources include a variety of weaving drafts to start with and a detailed glossary 250 colour images

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Thoroughly guides the reader into the history of this technique . . . Notably, Dr. Landry encompasses the development of the technique all over the world, without giving privilege to a European or western perspective. . . . Compelling. -- The Journal of Dress History

"""Thoroughly guides the reader into the history of this technique . . . Notably, Dr. Landry encompasses the development of the technique all over the world, without giving privilege to a European or western perspective. . . . Compelling."" -- The Journal of Dress History"

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Dr. Wendy Landry (Nova Scotia) is a textile scholar with 45 years of weaving experience. This book distills 20 years of her research on velvet weaving around the world. Landry provides collection documentation and textile analysis and teaches workshops. www.veloutiere.ca

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