Decorative Art of Russia
New York: Portland House, 1990 (1887). Hardbound. Red cloth, blue ill. dj; 223 pp, 100 color plates textiles, ceramics, etc. VG/VG. Item #106881
ISBN: 0517017741
Modern Edition of book first published in 1887 as "Slavonic and Eastern Ornamentation". From the dust jacket: This collection of Slavic ornamentation presents the essential characteristics of Russian decorative art in glorious full-color. The designs, gathered from rich sources of symbolic, religious and secular art forms in pre-Revolutionary Russia, include some of the earliest examples of Novgorodian and Stoganov calligraphy, iconography and architectural detail, as well as wood and bone carving, metal-work, pottery, porcelain, enameling, glass making, jewelery and textile weaving.
Price: $29.97