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ALLEN, JEANNE; KATANO, TAKASHI (CONTRIBUTOR) Designer's Guide to Japanese Patterns, 2
San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1988. Hardcover.ISBN.: 087701549X. 22 cm. 132. Based on: Edo Mon-yo Jiten / Katano Takashi. From introduction: ... a compilation of patterns from Japan's artistically explosive Edo period (1603 to 1868), described by one historian as "a boisterous, riotous time... when everyone is wearing gay and costly brocade..." Contains 141 designs and patterns with black-and-white and color plates. Included in rear section: Descriptions of Color Plates; Glossary; Bibliography.. Very Good/Very Good. Binding is tight. Cover and pages are clean. Fine except for a nearly invisible transparent stain on lower page edge. Dust jacket: fine except for transparent stains at lower edge..
Offered for US$ 8.95 by: Ageless Pages - Book number: LSE5-5568
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