Author: ELLIS, MARIANNE, AND JENNIFER WEARDEN
Title: Ottoman embroidery [Victoria and Albert Museum]
Description: London: V&A Publications, 2001; 31cm, 144pp., 145 colour plates, 14 diagram drawings, endnotes, glossary, select bibliography, hard cover w. colourful dustjacket. V. good copy w. slightly tanned dust jacket spine. Rare in NL. ¶ This lavishly illustrated book, based on the large collection of Ottoman textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, exposes the splendor of luxury and dayly life textiles from the 17th tot 19th century, with an emphasis on the 18th and 19th century. A separate chapter deals with diagrams of the stiches. "With its clear text and extremely informative illustrations, this [book] should be of great interest to practionioners, historians and lovers of the decorative textiles alike." (blurb)

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