{"product_id":"the-tea-towel-perspectives-on-an-everyday-item","title":"The Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"436\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Swiss publisher is reprinting this book. \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eThe US distributor tells us any copies ordered now will not arrive until September.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"436\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eConceived by three Swiss editors as an inquiry into textile design and domestic culture, \u003cem data-end=\"138\" data-start=\"89\"\u003eThe Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item\u003c\/em\u003e expands far beyond its modest subject. Compact in format at 4¾ by 7⅜ inches yet extending over 300 pages, the book combines essays, visual studies, and technical examinations, with display type inspired by monograms once embroidered onto household linens, including a napkin dating to around 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"616\" data-start=\"438\"\u003eContributors include weavers, a tapestry designer, a bookbinder, an art historian, and a historian of European colonialism. Together they explore the object from multiple angles:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1016\" data-start=\"618\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"700\" data-start=\"618\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"700\" data-start=\"620\"\u003eThe evolution of table linens during the height of European colonial expansion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"791\" data-start=\"701\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"791\" data-start=\"703\"\u003eA meditation on the tea towel’s continued usefulness in the age of mechanized cleaning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"859\" data-start=\"792\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"859\" data-start=\"794\"\u003eA photo essay documenting methods of folding and storing towels\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"927\" data-start=\"860\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"927\" data-start=\"862\"\u003eA survey of how towels appear in painting and other visual arts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1016\" data-start=\"928\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1016\" data-start=\"930\"\u003eAn examination of weaving techniques, from hand production to industrial manufacture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1211\" data-start=\"1018\"\u003eNiche in focus but unexpectedly wide in scope, this is a thoughtful anthology for readers interested in material culture, textile history, and the layered meanings embedded in everyday objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1211\" data-start=\"1018\"\u003ePaperback. Color photographs and illustrations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UCHI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41517359300741,"sku":"Basil Linder, Vera Roggli, and Eva Wolf, editors","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/TheTeaTowelCover.jpg?v=1771016633","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/the-tea-towel-perspectives-on-an-everyday-item","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}