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Textile Designs of Japan - Vol I

By: Abe, Kojiro (foreword)

Price: £69.00

Publisher: Osaka, Japan, Japanese Textile Color Design Center: 1959

Seller ID: 004840

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

NB: Vol I only. Dark brown buckram with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with a 5 inch vertical repaired tear to front cover of jacket, and light sunning to spine. 84pp. text plus 160 b/w and 24 colour plates. This book is the first volume of a three volume survey of rich and varied Japanese textile designs classified into three groups: designs of free style, designs of geometrical arrangement and designs of the Ryukus and the Ainu. Volume I (this book) contai...
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Lace Villages

By: Bartlett, Liz

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, B.T.Batsford Ltd.: 1991

Seller ID: 004107

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Brown hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, would be classed as very good except that the front endpaper has a crease to the lower right corner. Binding sound, inscribed by author to a previous owner on the title page "for Mary and family, with particular happy memories of days drawing and being helped to recognise beauty in all forms. Love Liz". Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 144pp. Illustrated with approx. 100 b/w photographs. In this book, the author tells the story of the lacemaking villages of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Notting...
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Threads of Heaven - Textiles in East Asian Ritual and Ceremony

By: Chung, Young Yang (foreword)

Price: £55.00

Publisher: Seoul, Korea, The Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum: 2006

Seller ID: 006898

ISBN: 8971821965

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

NB: Dual text in English and Korean. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers, including a light crease to the top right outer corner of the rear cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 205pp. 60 colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition "Threads of Heaven - Textiles in East Asian Ritual and Ceremony" held at the Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, Seoul, Korea from May 16th to December 30th, 2006. This exhibition examined a selection of textiles made for ritual use in Korea, China, Japan, Mongolia and Tibet to explore the roles fabrics play i...
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Anatolian Kilims: The Caroline & H.McCoy Jones Collection

By: Cootner, Cathryn M.

Price: £36.00

Publisher: London, Sotheby's Publications/Philip Wilson Publishers: 1990

Seller ID: 006111

ISBN: 0856673900

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. 275pp. 112 colour plates and several b/w illustrations. This book is a thorough study of Anatolian kilims and centres around the Caroline and H.McCoy Jones Collection (now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) which is generally acknowledged as the greatest of its kind anywhere in the world. The 110 kilims in the collection, most of which are datable to before the 18th century, include many of the earli...
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Glorious Inspiration - Kaffe Fassett's Needlepoint Source Book

By: Fassett, Kaffe

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, Ebury Press: 1997

Seller ID: 006995

ISBN: 0091853532

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Signed by Kaffee Fassett and dated 2002 on half-title. The ink from the signature has transferred slightly to the inside of the front cover. Binding sound. 192pp. Many colour illustrations. Renowned designer Kaffe Fassett (b.1937) has often been asked where he finds the source material for his brilliant knitting and needlepoint designs. This book provides the answer with a collection of design sources including paintings, ceramics, textiles and beadwork. Fassett illustrates the point in this book by giving his own knitting and needlep...
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Pillow Lace in the East Midlands

By: Freeman, Charles

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Wardown Park, Luton, Luton Museum & Art Gallery: 1958

Seller ID: 004948

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Card covers. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners address label on reverse of front cover. 51pp. 17 b/w plates and several b/w diagrams within text. This handbook deals with the cottage industry of pillow lacemaking in the East Midlands. It is divided into two sections, the first describes the history of the industry and the second, the methods of manufacture. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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European Textile Design of the 1920s

By: Metz, Katharina (intro.)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Zurich and New York, Edition Stemmle: 1999

Seller ID: 006948

ISBN: 3908161614

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Navy hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 159pp. 185 colour illustrations. This book displays the complete collection of textiles of the 1920s from the Chemnitz Textile and Handicrafts Collection, one of the largest such collections in Europe. Examples of textile art from Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Great Britain are included and document general currents in textile design during the 1920s as well as regional preferences and short-lived fashion trends. As...
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The Disciples

By: Mollison, James

Price: £38.00

Publisher: London, Chris Boot Ltd.: 2008

Seller ID: 006058

ISBN: 190571212X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Many colour photographic illustrations. Foreword by Desmond Morris. One of an edition of 3000 copies. This book of remarkable photographs illustrates "concert tribes" i.e.what the followers of various bands wear e.g. Motorhead, the Sex Pistols, 50 Cent.
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Traditional Indian Arts of Gujarat

By: Nicholson, Julia

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Leicester, Leicestershire Museums: 1988

Seller ID: 004251

ISBN: 0850222486

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Card covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 52pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition entitled "Traditional Indian arts of Gujarat" held at the Leicestershire Museum and Arts Gallery from 25th June 1988 to 5th march 1989. The catalogue includes sections on the textile techniques of Gujarat including embroidery, beadwork and weaving as well as the context in which they are used, for example to celebrate a marriage. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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A Practical Treatise on Dying of Woollen, Cotton, and Skein Silk, with the Manufacture of Broadcloth and Cassimere

By: Partridge, William

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Edington, Wiltshire, Pasold Research Fund Ltd.: 1973

Seller ID: 003713

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Originally published in New York in 1823, this edition includes an introduction by J de L.Mann and technical notes by K.G.Ponting. Blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 264pp. Includes a folding table to "regulate the yarn, the bier, the breadth in the loom, the run and weight of filling, for a given number of yards". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Nouvelle Collection De Costumes Suisses Des XXII Cantons

By: Rapp, Anna (preface)

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Zurich, Switzerland, Buchverlag Neue Zurcher Zeitung: 1980

Seller ID: 004501

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

NB: Dual text in French and German. Olive green leather effect boards with title in gilt on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Condition: Fine. no inscriptions. This book illustrates various costumes from the 22 cantons of Switzerland, and is a reproduction of the 1820 first edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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The Embroideress: A periodical treating of the practice and history of all kinds of decorative needlework - Issue no.41

By: Rolleston, Mrs J.D.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, James Pearsall & Co., Ltd. and The Old Bleach Linen Co. Ltd..: 0

Seller ID: 006727

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

NB: One issue only (Part.41). Dark green buckram with beige buckram spine. Possibly privately bound. Undated, but c.1930. Condition: Very good, with slight shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Light foxing to fore-edge of textblock. This bound issue has no "cover pages" but starts with front endpapers and the title page. As is is issue no.41 (published quarterly) the page no.s run from 967 to 1084. 16 colour plates. Many b/w illustrations. This charming periodical includes articles on chain-stitch embroidery, the Yew Tree linen industy, and self-coloured emboirdery, together with designs for dr...
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Regi Szucsrajzok (Magyar Nepmuveszet XXIV)

By: Safrany, Zsuzsanna

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Budapest, Neprajzi Muzeum: 1996

Seller ID: 004168

ISBN: 9637106448

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

NB: Text is in Hungarian throughout. Condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. 88pp. Many colour illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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The Development of Italian Textile Design from the 12th to the 18th Century

By: Santangelo, Antonino

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, A.Zwemmer Ltd.: 1964

Seller ID: 002626

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Terracotta colour cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, covers have light sunning around very edges. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Poor to fair, sunning to spine with small chips and tears around edges. Now protected by clear removable cellophane. 240pp. 132 illustrations, including 100 in colour and many in gold and silver. As well as being an account of Italian textiles spanning seven centuries, the author relates the fabrics to the purpose for which they were undertaken, and their design to the social, religious and political forces that mo...
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Mexican Costume

By: Sayer, Chloe

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, British Museum Publications: 1985

Seller ID: 004167

ISBN: 0714180319

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, previous owners name on front pastedown. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 239pp. 36 colour and 115 b/w illustrations. In this book, the author traces the development of Mexican textile arts, examines the social and even magical role played by clothing in many villages, and documents the inventiveness and elegance of Indian dress, both past and present. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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E W Godwin - Aesthetic Movement - Architect and Designer

By: Soros, Susan Weber (ed.)

Price: £40.00

Publisher: New Haven and London, The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York/Yale University Press: 1999

Seller ID: 006863

ISBN: 0300080085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptioins. Dustjacket condition: Fine. 429pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This book was published to accompany the exhibition of selected works by E.W.Godwin held at The Bard Graduate Center for studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, from November 17th, 1999 to February 27, 2000. It includes a full checklist of the exhibition as well as an extensive bibliography. NB: A heavy book, will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK.
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All About Making - Geometrical Bucks Point Lace

By: Stillwell, Alexandra

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Salex Publishing: 2006

Seller ID: 004131

ISBN: 0955469406

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and light crease approx one inch in from edge of first 29 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Binding sound. 260pp. Over 600 b/w line drawings. This book is a pratical manual on making geometrical bucks point lace, and includes chapters on its history and development, techniques, materials required and thirty varied and usable projects, such as handkerchiefs, jabots and wedding presents.
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Spectacular Display: The Art of Nkanu Initiation Rituals

By: Van Damme, Annemieke

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Smithsonian Institution in Association with Philip Wilson Publishers: 2001

Seller ID: 003823

ISBN: 0856675547

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Softcover. Condition: Fine with a hint or sunning to rear cover. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 94pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. Tis book was produced to accompany an exhibition held at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, from December 16, 2001 to March 3, 2002. It was the first exhibition devoted exclusively to decorated wall panels, sculpture and masks, created during initiation rites of the young men of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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The Art & elegance of Beadweaving: New Jewelry Deisgns with Classic Stitches

By: Wells, Clara Wilcox

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Tunbridge Wells, Search Press: 2002

Seller ID: 004461

ISBN: 1903975255

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 160pp. Many colour illustrations. This practical guide brings together a range of fascinating designs including woven necklaces and spiral bracelets, and shows how to vary basic project ideas, using colour and texture to enhance and embellish the designs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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A Happy People - the Miaos

By: Ziran, Bai (ed.)

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Beijing, The Foreign Languages Press: 1988

Seller ID: 004106

ISBN: 0835115755

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, and some scuffing to rear cover. Light "handling creases" to a few pages due to the quality of the paper. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 157pp. Many colour photographic illustrations. This picture book, in six parts, details vividly the life, culture, customs and art of the Miao people, one of China's minorities, with a population of approximately five million, living in scattered communities in the hilly regions of south western and south central China. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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