Textiles - Asian
Japanese design for clothing fabrics
Hardcover. Red library buckram. Original orange wrap bound in. 41 color plates, many designs heightened with metallic silver. Perhaps--just perhaps-- a copy of "Japanese design in cloth", published by JB Millet. The Meiji era book has a title page, but it is entirely in Japanese, while our ability to translate..... More
The Silk Road: Fabrics from the Han to the T'ang Dynasty
Urumqi, China: Museum of the Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region (Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), 1972. Slipcased. Cream cloth with blind-stamp decoration and gold lettering. Decorative end papers. 8 pp. followed by 45 single-sided pp. with 66 color images. Laid in is a 1973 supplemental booklet of 8 pp. with a...... More
System and Meaning in East Sumba Textile Design: A Study in Traditional Indonesian Art (Cultural Report Series No. 16)
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Southeast Asia Studies, 1969. Softcover. Green paper wraps, 250 pp., 71 BW illus. "There is a need for studies of Indonesian textiles as works of art. This paper undertakes a step in that direction by focusing on the textiles of a single island in eastern..... More
The Aesthetics & Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha: Bangladesh National Museum Collection
Dhaka: Bangladesh National Museum, 1997. Hardcover. Maroon boards with gold lettering. Color-illus. dj with maroon lettering. Decorative end papers. 101 pp. with 122 color plates with additional bw images. Text in English." An in-depth view of the museum's embroidered quilts, along with new analytical insight as to the artistic aspects..... More
Patterns and Poetry: No Robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1992. Hardbound. Orange paper covered boards with color pictorial dustjacket. 190 pp. profusely illustrated in color, some bw. THIS IS A HARDCOVER EDITION of this title. A collection of Japanes robes used in the No plays. Profuse illustratins and documentation. More
The costumes and textiles of India
Bombay: Taraporevala, 1958. Hardcover. Green boards with color dustjacket. xviii, 80 pp. with 17 color and 360 bw plates, along with 702 line drawings. Fiust edition of this important presentation. Profusely illustrated. More
Weaving China's Past: The Amy S. Clague Collection of Chinese Textiles
Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Art Museum, 2000. Softcover. Skinny blue and color wraps with bronze lettering. 160 pp. Profuse color plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held Feb. 19 to June 10, 2000, and at two other locations. This remarkable collection incorporates superb examples from Song through Qing and allows art historians..... More
Illustrated Catalogue of The Very Notable Collection of Beautiful Old Chinese Rugs (The Thomas B. Clarke Collection)
New York: American Art Association, 1918. Softcover. Decorative printed wrps. 585 lots are listed. 6 full-page color and 44 large and small bw plates. A rare and exceptional catalogue with a larger than usual number of illustrations. 585 lots are listed and described. The auction began New Years Day, 1915..... More
Tied Together: Khmer Lao and Thai Mudmee Textiles
Bangkok: The James H. W. Thompson Foundation, 2004. Softcover. Beautiful red card wraps with textile illustrations and white lettering. 142 pp. with color textile illus. and bw photos. Catalogue from the exhibition, Tied Together, held at the Jim Thompson Center for Textiles and the Arts, from December 2004 to March..... More
Kaitag: Textile Art from Daghestan
London: Textile Art Publications, 1993. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth with white lettering; color illustrated dj with white lettering; 208 pp. with 80 color plates, 180 bw illustrations and photographs, as well as drawings and a map of the region. Text in English; the Kaitag hail from a small, mountainous region..... More
Dream Weavers: Textile Art from the Tibetan Plateau
Singapore: Times Editions, 2004. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with red white and green lettering, matching dust jacket. 188 pp. Color and BW illustrations. In Dream Weavers: Textile Art from the Tibetan Plateau, leading textile authority Thomas Cole takes readers through the tribal tradition of the Tibetan weaving aesthetic. The tribal tradition..... More
Secret Splendors of the Chinese Court: Qing Dynasty Costume from the Charlotte Hill Grant Collection
Denver, Colo. Denver Art Museum, 1981. Softcover. Black & color illus. wraps, 80 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1981-1982 exhibition of selections from the 500-piece costume collection of Charlotte Hill Grant, placed with the Denver Art Museum. The catalog includes close-ups of such textiles..... More
Muziek voor de ogen: textiel voor de volkeren uit Centraal-Azie = Music for the Eyes: Textile from the Peoples of Central Asia
Antwerp: Luc Denys, 1997. Softcover. Glossy black wraps with color-illus. and white lettering. 443 pp. with 387 color plates and numerous bw illus. Heavy and will require a bit of extra postage. In Dutch/English. A sumptuous book on the stunning, colorful textiles of Central Asia, this is the catalogue to..... More
The Woven Silks of India
Bombay: Marg Publications, 1995. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards with black lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 156 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Contents: Introduction : woven silks of India / Jasleen Dhamija -- A groupo of early silks : the tree motif / Steven Cohen -- Vaishnavite silks..... More
Wearing Propaganda: Textiles on the Home Front in Japan, Britain, and the United States
New Haven & London: Bard Graduate Center, 2005. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with silver spine lettering. Glossy gray and color-illustrated dust jacket with black and aqua lettering. 376 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "Protest fashion ... dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and..... More
Nepalese Textiles
London: British Museum Press, 1993. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with navy lettering. 204 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Maps. "Susi Dunsmore has travelled into the farthest reaches of Nepal in search of its rich and varied textiles. In the lowland valleys and the Himalayan middle mountains she has recorded traditional techniques..... More
Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design
New York, New Haven and London: Japan Society, Yale University Press, 2009. Softcover. Color-illustrated wraps; French flaps. ix; 134 pp. Numerous BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held October 9, 2009-January 17, 2010. More
East of Turkestan: An Exhibition of Chinese Rugs and Textiles
Washington, DC: The Textile Museum, 1967. Softcover. Cream and navy blue illustrated stapled wraps. 24 pp. with 6 bw ills. Comprehensive study of Chinese rugs and textiles from the 18th - 20th century. Lists 83 items. More
Dowries from Kutch: A Women's Folk Art Tradition in India
Los Angeles: UCLA, 1979. Softcover. Color-illus. card wraps with white lettering on spine. 126 pp. with 129 bw figures and 9 color plates. Article about the exhibition (from the Philadelphia Inquirer) laid in. Catalogue from the exhibition held October to December 1979 at the Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, UCLA..... More
Ikaty Turkestana iz kollektsii Tayra F. Tairova = Ikats from Turkestan, Tair F. Tairov Collection
Moskva: Izd. Zheltye Stranntsy, 2002. Softcover. Glossy, color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 131 pp. with 101 color plates and bw archival frontis photo. Text in Russian/English. With an essay about Tairov, an essay about the collection, and brief commentary about How to Attribute Abr Ikats. Each piece from the collection..... More
Mud, Mirror and Thread: Folk Traditions of Rural India
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Grantha Corporation, 1993. Softcover. Color illus. wraps, 240 pp., many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1993-1994 exhibition of textiles and home decorations from rural India. Consists of 8 thematic and highly illustrated essays. Includes a bibliography and glossary. Much to see here. More
Mud, Mirror and Thread: Folk Traditions of Rural India
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Grantha Corporation, 1993. Hardcover. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 237 pp. 157 full color photographs and maps. Issued in conjunction with a 1993-1994 exhibition of textiles and home decorations from rural India. Consists of 8 thematic and highly..... More
Mandarin Squares: Mandarins and their Insignia
Hong Kong/New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Hardcover. White boards with color-illustration and black lettering. 66 pp. BW and color illustrations. Mandarin squares, the embroidered insignia found on the robes of the ruling mandarin class in China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), are prized collectors' pieces. This volume provides a lucid account..... More
Oriental Textiles in Sweden
Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1951. Hardcover. Original grey wraps bound into green cloth with red cover decoration and red spine lettering. 139 pp. followed by 86 bw plates. and 18 in color. Text in English. A classic in the literature. Scarce. Chapter headings include: A Review of Sweden's Intercourse with..... More