Merveilles D'or & de Soie: Tresors Textiles de Notre-Dame des Doms du XVI au XIX Siecle
2001. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 104 pp. 100 color ills. Text in French. More
2001. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 104 pp. 100 color ills. Text in French. More
Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1993. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 139 pp.; 141 color and bw figures. Text in French; Includes extensive annotations and several essays; Very attractive book. More
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards; silver lettering. Illustrated green dj with pale green lettering; Mylar cover. xii, 142 pp. with occasional bw images. This book presents the hypothesis that the Bayeux tapestry, long believed to have been made in England, came from the Loire valley in France..... More
Washington, D.C. 3RueBréa, 2003. Second Edition. Hardcover. Color pictorial boards with black lettering on spine, illustrated flyleaves, black and color illustrated dust jacket with black and red lattering, 192 pp., color illustrations. "Illustrates the evolution of Provence's highly sculptural needle art -- 'embroidery from within' -- picturing supple, small-scale corded..... More
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Hardbound. Green Boards. 272 pp., color and bw illustrations. More
Lausanne: Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, 1985. Softcover. Bw photographic wraps with white lettering. 167 pp. with bw illus. throughout. Text in French and English. With a lengthy preface and essay, Material as Message. The catalogue features a small bw photo of each artist, very short biographic material, brief commentary..... More
Shelby, North Carolina: Lily Mills Company, 1959. Softcover. Grey plaid, stapled wraps with small color image and black/red lettering. 47 pp. with 15 color plates and a few bw images. A 6-page general study of tartans, followed by explanations and setts for 14 specific tartans and 1 set of napkins..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1990. Hardbound. Blue cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 168 pp., More
Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997. Hardbound. Dark green cloth with gold lettering; highly illus. dj with cream lettering; 187 pp., fully-illustrated in color and bw;. divided into sections on Gobelins, Beauvais and Savonnerie Manufactury plus needlework hangings, with chapters within those sections; very thorough examination of the..... More
Merseyside, England: Alan Sutton, 1992. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 305 pgs w/ bw illustrations; 24 color plates. glossy, illustrated & blue dustjacket. Catalogued here are more than two hundred examples of the fine works displayed by the Lady Lever Art Gallery...Combined with a detailed description of..... More
Vicenza: Neri Pozza, 1973. Hardcover. Blue paper boards with white lettering, white and illustrated dust jacket, xviii, 467 pp. 7 color 178 bw plates. "This work constitutes the first enquiry into the history of dyeing, embracing its development from prehistory to the present day. Taking as a startling point the..... More
Leigh-on-Sea, England: F. Lewis Publishers Limited, The Tithe House, 1957. Hardcover. Fire-red cloth over boards, gilt lettering. 80 pp text + approx [130] pages with 77 glossy BW plates. A limited edition of only 500 copies, of which this is number 415. Title continues, "As exemplified by the Productions of..... More
Como, Italy: Ratti S.p.A., 1996. No. 409. Slipcased. Coal black cloth/boards; color image laid on; gilt lettering. Matching black cloth/board slipcase with black paper faces. 159 pp. with 53 color plates. Text in English. Volume 5 in the series Collezione Antonio Ratti. Includes an essay about velvet, an essay about..... More
Como, Italy: Antonio Ratti Collection, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth. 203 pp. Numerous color plates. Includes sections on dyeing silk, colour and symbolism, color and experimentation, color and market trends...lavishly illustrated. More
Softcover. Red ill. wraps. 63 pp. 94 bw ills. Comprised of introductory essay by Stefania and Eugene Holt, and many annotated plates. More
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2007. Hardbound. Forest green cloth with silver lettering; 419 pp. with numerous, chapter-numbered bw and color plates. Includes excellent commentary about the collection, including its original dispersal and current re-collection; with 7 parts, numerous chapters and sumptuous photographs. More
New York / New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2002. Hardbound. Black cloth with color illustrated glossy dust jacket; illus. flyleaves. x, 594 pp. 250 color and 150 monochrome plates. Issued in conjunction with a 2002 exhibition. "Focuses on the stylistic evolution of tapestry design..... More
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2013. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with white and beige lettering. 247 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Portrait. This is the first in-depth study to look at all aspects of the work of Lucienne Day, bringing together her work in textiles, wallpaper, carpets and ceramics from both Britain and..... More
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1967. Hardcover. Both volumes pale blue cloth with glassine DJs, pale blue slipcase. Volume I (text): 249 pp. Several bw ills. Volume II (plates): 65+ bw and color plates. Comprehensive study of the Museum's tapestry collection. Chapters on the collection's history, weaving techniques, and detailed..... More
Paris: Librairie Centrale Des Beaux Art, nd. Hardcover. Grey boards, grey cloth spine. Unpaginated. 36 color and bw plates. Text in French. Brief essay, followed by lavish illustrations. More
Olso, Norway: J. W. Cappelens Forlag, 1935. 5th edition (5. utgave). Hardcover. Cream boards with color illus. and green cloth spine. 135 pp. with 44 bw figures. Text in Norwegian. First published in 1908. A delightful book dyeing with plants. Gives information about chemical dyes, chemical components of plant dyes..... More
London: Christie's, 1999. Softcover. Gold & illus. wraps, 278 pp., many color illus. Issued in conjunction with 1999 auction of 633 lots of tapestries and textiles once collected by the Mayorcas firm in London. Includes pieces from England, France, Continental Europe (Germany, Brussels, Flanders, etc.), and Italy. A vivid catalogue..... More
Ocxford: Clarendon Press, 1938. Hardcover. Publishers brownish cloth withgilt title on spine and location at base. 2.5" x 15.5" x 1.75" thick. xviii, 206 + 159 plates (some color) on 82 leaves 2 folding tables. An oversized volume that weighs 10 pounds to ship. Includes additional drawings within the text..... More
1996. Grey/white wraps. 67 pp. 49 color plates. Text by Otto Charles Thieme, Curator of Costume and Textiles. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. Hardcover. Decorated beige cloth, tan paper title block on spine, 108 text pp plus 92 bw plates. "The art of printed cotton or toile imprimee -- that charming caprice that dominated French fashions of the eighteenth century -- may be summed up..... More