Margot Blum Schevill
Author of Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands
About the Author
Series
Works by Margot Blum Schevill
Traditional Textiles of the Andes: Life and Cloth in the Highlands (1997) — Contributor — 60 copies, 1 review
The Maya Textile Tradition 1 copy
Splender In The Highlands 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Schevill, Margot Blum
- Other names
- Blum, Margot Helmuth
- Birthdate
- 1931-08-15
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Brown University (BA, MA)
- Occupations
- textile and folk art scholar
art historian
museum curator
opera singer
anthropologist
writer (show all 9)
weaver
textile consultant
research associate - Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley (Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology)
Brown University (Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology) - Relationships
- Schevill, James (spouse)
Schevill, Rudolph (father-in-law)
Link, Margaret Schevill (mother-in-law) - Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Birthplace
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- California, USA
Members
Reviews
Analysis with extensive commentary of a collection of Guatemalan Maya textiles collected in 1902 by Gustavus A. Eisen under the aegis of Phoebe Apperson Hearst. Gorgeous book by Margot Schevill. Many, many photos, both B & W and color. The textiles are amazing and so is the book.
Introduction : The communicative power of cloth and its creation / Margot Blum Schevill -- Mesoamerica -- Central Andes of South America -- Weaving and dyeing technology -- The marketing of textiles -- Conclusion.
Glossary: pp. 483-494.
Glossary: pp. 483-494.
Describe textiles procedentes de Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador y Perú, organizados por ciudades.
En: Traditional textiles of the Andes : Life and cloth in the Highlands, pp. 58-141.
En: Traditional textiles of the Andes : Life and cloth in the Highlands, pp. 58-141.
En: Traditional textiles of the Andes : Life and cloth in the Highlands, pp. [38]-47.
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 5.0
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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