Royal Persian & Kashmir Brocades: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Royal Persian and Kashmir Brocades and Embroideries with Full Color Illustrations.
Kyoto/Tehran, Iran: Senshoku to Keikatsusha Pub. Co, 1975. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket with blue title block on front cover, color frontispiece, xxxii, 76 pp plus 104 leaves of color plates. Issued in tan patterned board slipcase with black lettering, and original cardboard box with brown title plate on front cover. As new. Item #175538
Text in Japanese and English. "This book introduces the reader to the mysterious fascination and sublime grandeur of one of the Orient's most noteworthy cultural legacies: the royal woolen brocades and embroideries of Iran and Kashmir. It includes 104 color plates produced by advanced heliotype printing plus a detailed scientific account of the art... This book describes the history of the traditional arts of weaving and dyeing woolen brocades as practiced in Iran and Kashmir. Bases on the extensive knowledge of the author, Rahim Anavian and his son George, this is a highly authoritative account of what might be justly called the most exquisite textiles created by the hand of man." -Dust jacket.
OCLC: 3568821
Price: $95.00