Comprehensive and fully illustrated book on Thai textile art.

Thai Textiles

Arts & Photography

CONWAY, SUSAN

History & Criticism

British Museum Pubns Ltd

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Unlocking Knowledge Assets

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Microsoft Press

The unique character of Lan Na culture, so different from that of coastal Southeast Asia, is reflected in the textiles and dress of its 19th century courts, and was developed through the integration of local cultures and societies living in the hills and valleys. In the court workshops, indigenous silk and cotton, Chinese silk, Burmese and Shan fabrics, with embroideries and sumptuous trimmings, were used to create ceremonial court dress, while goldsmiths and silversmiths, wood carvers and lacquer makers produced court regalia. In this lavishly illustrated book, textile expert Susan Conway traces the history of the Lanna princes, their complex marital and political alliances with the surrounding inland principalities and with Siam, China and Burma. A dramatic change in male court dress took place towards the end of the 19th century and acts as a metaphor for the political manoeuvres resulting from colonial intervention in the region. The book also shows how in such times, Lan Na princesses and their attendants continued to wear indigenous dress demonstrating loyalty to the culture they cherished.

Silken Threads Lacquer Thrones: Lan Na Court Textiles

Art Media Resources Ltd

Within the context of Thai cosmology and numerology, Therevada Buddhism and spirit religion, this lavishly illustrated book examines how good and bad spirits are formulated to bring good luck and protection or to cause bad luck. Extensive field work studies over a period of four years were conducted in the Shan States (now part of Burma/Myanmar) and in northern Thailand. Using her field notes and photographs, Susan Conway provides a colourful picture of the people who create magic and explains how mystical remedies are prescribed and the rituals involved. She includes material from museum collections in the USA, UK and Thailand.

Tai Magic: Arts of the Supernatural

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

River Books Press Dist A/C

Thai textiles [Jan 01, 1992] Conway, Susan

Thai textiles

Asia Books

The culture of the Shan peoples of Burma and their rulers is extensively explored in this volum e. Shan courts flourished in the late British colonial period, and in this book rare early photo graphs, never before published, document life in the courts and in the hill regions of Shan dom inion.

The Shan: Culture, Art and Crafts

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