Hardcover
1912 · New York
by Candee, Helen Churchill
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-art library, with i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, incl. rear pocket; book block edges slightly soiled; pencilled lines in margins that could be erased; only slightly aged overall.). Light siena cloth with color pritned decoration on front cover; 275 pp., 98 BW plates, 4 color plates, one fold-out. Traces origins and designs of tapestries throughout Europe, including Gobelins, Beauvais, Aubusson, Savonnerie, Mortlake, and the Bayeux Tapestry. Includes sample identifying marks and techniques.
(Inventory #: 158656)