Ciba Review, No. 21 (May 1939): Weaving and Dyeing in North Africa
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Issue No. 21 of the Ciba Review (Basle, May 1939) is devoted to weaving and dyeing in North Africa, with articles by Jean Gallotti. It opens with a survey of Egyptian textile crafts from the Pharaohs and Coptic tapestry through the Islamic period. It then covers Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: vertical and horizontal looms, flidjs, mats of esparto and palm fibre, knotted and tapestry-like rugs (Rabat, Saian, Uled-Ben-Seba, Kairuan), silk weaving and braid, and traditional plant, insect and mineral dyes. The issue is illustrated with photographs and a map of textile centres, and also contains Ciba dye advertisements, short technical notes on dyeing, and Historical Gleanings on textile patterns and the evil eye and on silk-growing in Prussia.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- May 1939
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 36
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Janet Stollnitz.
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