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Uzbekistan Silk & Gold: The Magnificent Art of Costume

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Explore the rich heritage of Uzbekistan's textile craftsmanship, a legacy dating back to ancient times when trade routes positioned the region at the heart of the known world. Silk &...
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Yaffa Assouline has worked as a journalist, consultant and creative art director. She specializes in innovative and made-to-measure publishing. She is the author of the books Uzbekistan: The Road to Samarkand; Uzbekistan: Avant-Garde Orientalists; Uzbekistan: Russian Avant-Garde; and Uzbekistan Living Treasures: Celebration of Craftsmanship, all by Assouline.

Photographer Laziz Hamani was born and lives in Paris. He has worked with many prestigious luxury brands, such as Dior, Cartier and Jaeger-LeCoultre, as well as with designer Axel Vervoordt, and he has collaborated with Assouline Publishing on more than twenty titles.

The Classics Collection

Uzbekistan Silk & Gold: The Magnificent Art of Costume

$110

Everything I heard about Samarkand is true, except it’s even more beautiful than I imagined.

— Alexander the Great

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Page count

308 pages

Number of illustrations

200

Language

English

Released on

January 2024

Dimensions

W 25 x L 33 x D 4 cm

Cover materials

Silk hardcover

ISBN

9781649802545

Weight

2.9 kg

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THE ART OF LUXURY BOOKMAKING

Since its beginnings in 1994, Assouline has been dedicated to creating books that are as informational as they are beautiful works of art. The respect for the product and the process of creation is evident in every facet – the traditional technique of hand-binding covers, the imagery that transports the reader to another place and time, the luxurious thickness of each page.

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