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Title: Urban textile traditions of Tunisia.
Author: Christopher Spring
Publication: African Arts (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2004
Publisher: The Regents of the University of California
Volume: 37 Issue: 3 Page: 24(19)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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This article draws together several years of fieldwork-based research into the urban textile traditions of Tunisia. In contrast to rural traditions of women using woolen yarn on upright, single-heddle looms (Reswick 1985), urban traditions are predominantly the preserve of male weavers using treadle looms and a range of luxury yarns such as silk and metallic thread (Fig. 1). Complex embroidery, by both men and women, often in styles unique to a single small area or town, is another defining feature of urban ceremonial dress.
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