{"product_id":"the-tea-towel-perspectives-on-an-everyday-item-9783039422814","title":"The Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe meaning and history behind the humble tea towel. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The dishwasher has robbed the good old kitchen towel of some of its practical significance. Nevertheless, it remains present in many households, hand-woven or industrially produced, lint-free or absorbent, dirty or clean, inherited or replaceable. As a textile and as an everyday item, it is emblematic of topical social issues, such as unpaid care work, colonialism, and equality. Moreover, a tea towel evokes manifold associations and is linked to countless personal memories, experiences, and anecdotes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For a long time, specially-made kitchen towels were a luxury and reserved for the upper classes. Industrial mass production has changed this, and today two developments can be observed: while kitchen towels are displayed as design objects in museum stores and craft stores, they are also standardized, cheap goods. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Tea Towel: Perspectives on an Everyday Item\u003c\/i\u003e, thirteen authors, artists, and designers enter into a dialogue with the object and examine it from a journalistic, artistic, technical, and cultural-historical perspective. The contributions of very different tones complement each other and create new references. Texts and images invite a rediscovery of the everyday kitchen towel as a sensual object that carries much more depth beneath its seemingly ordinary surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vera Roggli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scheidegger and Spiess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783039422814","brand":"Scheidegger and Spiess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45462978986121,"sku":"9783039422814","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_59d5c913-279e-4bc6-a581-e026152aa7ef.jpg?v=1774994615","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-tea-towel-perspectives-on-an-everyday-item-9783039422814","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}