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 and patterns ornamenting the surface.
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Oxford University Press Australia
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Für Beruf und Forschung
Für höhere Schule und Studium
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-588928-4 (9780195889284)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The uses of songket; The technique of songket weaving; The design structure of songket; Patterns decorating the main body (badan) of songket; Patterns decorating the head (kepala) of Songket; Patterns decorating the warp-end borders (punca) of songket; Patterns decorating the side or weft-end borders (tepi kaki or tepi kain) of songket; Patterns decorating the borders (tepi kaki) of songket trousers.
