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Title: Encyclopaedia of Textiles/Encyclopedia of Textiles Decorative Fabrics from Antiquity to the Beginning of the 19th Century Including the Far East and Peru: Completely Revised with an Introduction By Renate Jaques
Description: London: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1958. First English Edition. Hard Cover. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK. Hard cover is red with gold, blind stamped design on front, gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Lavishly illustrated with 288 pages of b/w photographs, with one or two photos per page and 16 full page color plates. A translation of Flemming’s [director of the Berlin Textile School] Das Textilwerk, published in 1927 Germany, in German. Renate Jaques editor and translator of this first English edition. Includes a list of sources; order of the plates. Very over sized and heavy; 5.5#. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 9 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/4; xxx, 304+ pages; Hard cover has minor bumping, shelf wear. DJ has light shelf wear, some minor nicks across the top; in a fresh, archival mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: Textiles; Textile Art; Fabric; Clothing; Tapestries; Ancient Egypt; Silk; Weaving; Islam; Native American History Women/Womens' History Royalty Cultural History Education Science Islam European History History Archaeology Art Geography Furniture/Interiors

Price: US$ 81.25 Seller: Pegasus Books
- Book number: 169