Tapestries: Their Origin, History and Renaissance
New York: John Lane & Company, 1912. Hardbound. Decorated light green cloth binding. 438 pp. with color frontis and 3 additional color plates, all with tissue guards, and 147 halftone engravings. VG- (Front hinge loosening slightly; private bookplate of museum donor and art museum ex-library bookplate inside front cover; no other markings. Covers only lightly rubbed.). Item #135641
With chapters covering Gothic and Renaissance tapestries; the Gobelins, Beauvais, and Aubussons; all sorts of Flemish, Burgundian and other French, Belgian, and Dutch tapestries and looms; English and other looms (including American and Scandinavian); textures, the weaving process, designs, light and shade; care of tapestries; tapestries in museum collections; and, specifically, tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum.
Price: $45.00