Stock ID #173188 Songket. Satu Warisan Malaysia.

Songket. Satu Warisan Malaysia.

Kuala Lumpur. Galeri Petronas. 1999. Stock ID #173188

Full colour illustrations, 68pp, contents, foreword, bilingual text in Malay and English, 28 x 22.5cm, top edge slightly scuffed, a very good paperback copy.

Catalogue of an exhibition at Galeri Petronas in 1999 organised with the co-operation of Museum of Asian Art, Cultural Centre, University of Malaya and Puan Azah Aziz. The development of Songket as representative of the art of high status Malay textiles is surveyed in the three essays: "The Songket Collection of the Museum of Asian Art, University of Malaya" - Abd Aziz Rashid; " Lustrous Gold Threaded Songket" - Siti Zaimon Ismail; and "Songket and Status..." - Robyn Maxwell.

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