Author: KRODY, SUMRU BELGER
Title: Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery
Description: London, Merrel. 2000, 1st. (ISBN: 1858941059). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Merrel, 2000, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 160pp. illustrated with numerous full color plates. "The Textile Museum's renowned collection of Ottoman embroidery began with a single purchase by its founder, George Hewitt Myers, in 1915. Flowers of Silk and Gold introduces this little-known but highly important collection for the first time. Examining the history of the various stitches, fabrics, and designs employed during Ottoman rule in Europe and Asia, as well as the social, political, and economic factors influencing their production and consumption, Flowers of Silk and Gold combines perspectives to give an engrossing insight into the glorious works of art of an unfamiliar, much-fantasized world." Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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