The First National Silk Convention: Catalogue of the Historical Exhibition of Textiles by R.A. Meyer-Riefstahl Ph.D., Director of the Exhibition
Paterson, NJ: First National Silk Convention Committee, 1915. Softbound. White illustrated wraps. 76 pp. 380 items from 20 different categories are briefly described, following the introductory text. No illus. VG interior but ex art library and with interesting tape on spine and soiling/tanning to covers. Item #101900
Catalogue from the exhibition held at City Hall in Paterson, October 12-31, 1915. Contains mostly silks from France and Italy, as well as other locations in Europe, but there are several Persian, Turkish, Japanese, Peruvian, Hispano-Arabic, and Hellenic-Coptic examples as well. With a very informative introduction. This catalogue, now 100 years old, is a celebration of that heritage and quite scarce.
Price: $30.00