English Decorative Fabrics of The Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
Essex, England: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, 1934. Hardbound. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt title. 88, (2) pp, followed by 52 bw plates, followed by an index. More
Essex, England: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, 1934. Hardbound. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt title. 88, (2) pp, followed by 52 bw plates, followed by an index. More
London: Francesca Galloway, 2007. Hardcover. Silk-covered boards with white lettering. 176 pp. Color illustrations. "Presents a selection of more than 100 furnishing textiles and designs that range from a spectacular printed hanging designed by the Wiener Werkst, tte artist, Dagobert Peche, between 1911 and 1918, to a series of dramatic..... More
London: The Studio Limited, 1955. Hardcover. Terracotta cloth/boards with white lettering. No dj. 85 pp. with 42 bw plates and additional bw figures. Includes planning a fabric, reading printed instructions, making the most of plain weave, color and weave effects, Tweed, woollen and worsted dress fabrics, designing for jacquard woven..... More
Bern: Stampfli, 1967. Hardcover. Plain cardboard slipcase; yellow illustrated DJ with black lettering; brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 524 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in German. More
Washington, D.C. National Publishing Company, 1957. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering n front cover and spine, white illustrated dj, 90 pp + 49 plates, color and bw illustrations. Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-84). Technical analysis by Luisa Bellinger, 10 color plates, 39 bw. Publisher note on title page..... More
Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1989. Softcover. Pictoriral glossy wraps. 1 volume. Series: The Best in international textile design. Nothing but exquisite patterns. More
Paris: A. Quantin, 1883. Hardcover. Bound in gray cloth boards, black title block on spine with gilt lettering; 137-219 pp; bw illustrations throughout. This is a presentation copy signed and inscribed by author on title page. Text is in French. Contents include: Histoire du Tissu Ancien a l'Exposition de l"Union..... More
Paris: Musee de la Mode et du Textile, 2001. Softbound. Black & color illustrated glossy wraps. 335 pp. Profusely illustrated; weighs 4.5 lbs. Text is entirely in French. Explores the relationship of light to fabrics. A splendid resource with a profusion of contributions on the scholarship of European textiles. More
Paris: E. Hessling, 1910. Hardcover. Oversized portfolio, 3/4 green cloth and tan paper boards with black lettering; title page, table of plates, III pp followed by CXIV plates. Text is in French. The Lace Collection at the Museum of Fabrics in Lyon. More
NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. first paperback edition. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps with French flaps. 224 pp. Color plates. Survey of 20th century design, with many great images. More
Paris: H. Laurens, 1919. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 4 preliminary leaves, 211, [1] pages frontispiece, 9 plates (some folded). Text in French. Illustrated work of non-text planks, complete reproduction of the tapestry from photographs taken directly. Translated: "Queen Mathilde's tapestry known as the Bayeux tapestry," Excellent reference..... More
Lyon / Paris: Joannes Desvigne, 1925. Softcover. tan textured portfolios w/ black printing. various pagniations w/ various color illustrations & thread samples. text in French. Pages remain uncut and laid-into portfolios as packets. Pages remain fairly clean, though will have some instances of smudges, light marks. Volume ten closing pages..... More
Paris: Imp. Georges Petit, 1910. Hardcover. Three-quarter-bound boards with white mounted title card on the front cover, with light green lettering; 34 pp.; 24 unnumbered leaves of plates, some of which have tissue guards; illustrations; prices realized are penciled in the text. Text in French. More
Richmond, VA: House of Edgeworth, 1970. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 21 large color plates. Text is in English, though most of the stops for this traveling exhibition were in French speaking areas of Canada. More
[Malmo]: Malmohus lans Hemslojdsforening, 1916. Paperback. Blue wraps with orange lettering and illustration; total of 190 pages of text and extensive pages of illustration; 7 volumes. Text in Swedish. Many color plates. More
Kiev: Gosdarstvennoe Izodrazitlnogo Uskisstva i Mizukalnoi Lituratuy, 1960. Hardcover. Color illustrated DJ with gilt lettering; light brown over cloth with blue lettering and design on the spine and black illustration on the cover; red and blue cloth bookmark; [72] pp.; lxxxviii; 173 leaves of plates; richly illustrated. Text in Russian..... More
Kiev, Ukraine: State Publishing House / Ministry Of Culture USSR, 1960. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ black illustration; orange & black printed spine. unpaginated w/ approx 300+ pgs; 16 opening pgs of text, 173 bw plates & 88 color. red illustrated dutsjacket w/ gilt printing. Interior lightly tanned with color..... More
London: Archetype Publications, 1997. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt stamped spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white and tan lettering. xiii, 199 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates. Color and BW illustrations, portraits, plans. "Proceedings of the Symposium, 'Textiles in Trust, ' held at Blickling Hall, Norfolk, September 1995."..... More
Stockholm: LiberForlag, 1979. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with red white and blue lettering with a matching dust jacket. 151 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Text in English and Swedish. Includes biographical references. More
Zurich, Switzerland: Edition Stemmle, 1999. Hardcover. Blue cloth, color DJ. 160 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. "Presented in this volume is the complete collection of textiles from the 1920s comprised within the Textil- und Kunstgewerbesammlung Chemnitz (Cheminitz Textile and Handicrafts Collection), one of the largest collections of quality in..... More
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. Catalogue from the exhibition held at City Hall in Paterson, October 12-31, 1915. Contains mostly silks from France and Italy, as..... More
Paris: H. Laurens, 1909. Hardcover. Beige cloth with green illustration and red lettering; 416 pp.; 175 bw figures. Text in French; Includes rugs, embroidery, and other textiles, including Byzantine, Coptic, Muslim, English, Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish examples from the fifteenth century on. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. Paperback. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with black lettering. 104 pp. with numerous bw illus. Signed by Miss Moorman. Covers the Moorman technique as well as sources of inspiration for design, beginning and ending work processes, other techniques for woven hangings, commissioned works, and much more..... More
Milano: Luigi Alfieri, 1952. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering; bw mounted frontispiece; 30 pp text followed by 60 pp of bw plates. Text is in Italian. Genoese embroidery. More
Paris: Librairie de L' Art, 1890. Hardcover. Three-quarter red leather with red marble paper over boards; five raised bands on the spine, with gilt lettering and design; 1 preliminary leaf, 43 pp.; frontispiece, illustrations, plates. Text in French. More