Tapestries and Mosaics of Marc Chagall at the Knesset
New York: Tudor, 1973. Numerous Illustrations, 27 Color Plates, 2 Folding. 4to, tan cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Tudor, (1973). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Die Apokalypse von Angers: Ein Meisterwerk mittelalterlicher Teppichwirkerei
Munich: Hirmer, 1985. 73 full page color plates, plus additional color and black-and-white illustrations. 195pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w., cardboard slipcase. Fribourg and Munich: Office du Livre and Hirmer, (1985). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Rideaux et Tentures: Fenetres et Ports, Lits, Passementerie, Tentures de Tissus et de Papier Peint, Garniture de Sieges Depuis le Moyen Age.
Paris: Baschet et Cie. Numerous illustrations in color & in black & white. Square 4to, tan boards, d.w. Paris: Baschet et Cie, n.d. ca. 1990. First Edition. Fine.
Muraille et Laine: La Tapisserie Francaise.
Paris: Pierre Tisne, 1946. 69 plates, some tipped-in and in color, 25 pages of text, slim 4to, white boards with title in red on front cover; covers soiled. Paris: Editions Pierre Tisne, 1946. Covers quite soiled and foxed but internally clean, a very good copy. Chronologically covers medieval tapestries to those of the 20th century.
L'Art Populaire en Europe: Tissus. Tapis. Broderies & 2nd series Ceramique. Bois. Metal.
Paris: Morance. 2 volumes. Profusely illustrated in color. Small slim folio, cloth backed boards, d.w. (lightly rubbed). Paris: Morance, n.d. ca. 1960. Very good (+).
Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002. Photography by Bruce White. 400 illustrations, 250 in color. x + 594pp., large, thick 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2002). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, photography by Bruce White. Contributions by several authors. 594pp. Thick heavy 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2002). First softcover edition. A fine copy.
Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007. Photography by Bruce White. More than 200 illustrations, primarily in color. 563pp., thick 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers; some minor scratching to front cover and creasing to rear, internally fine. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2007). A very good copy. Essays and cataloging by various authors.
Tapestries of Europe and of Colonial Peru in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Boston: 1967. 2 volumes in slipcase. Many plates, a few in color. Thin 4to (plate volume is wide), blue cloth with gilt lettered spines. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, (1967). Fine.
The Unicorn Tapestries
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. Profusely illustrated, many in color, several fold out. 244 pages. 4to, burgundy cloth with blind-stamping, dust wrapper. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (1976). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper (with one tear to spine).
The Irwin Untermyer Collection.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1956. Complete set in 6 volumes. Illustrated throughout with some in-text figures and many full-page plates, some in color. Thick 4tos, blue cloth-backed patterned boards with red spine labels (bindings are rubbed and corners somewhat worn on several volumes; tight and internally clean). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1956-1963. A very good set of these desireable catalogs - usable and reasonably attractive. Catalogue of the collection in the following subject areas -- Volume...
American Needlework: The History of Decorative Stitchery and Embroidery from the Late 16th to the 20th Century.
New York: Bonanza Books, 1938. Illustrated with Photographs. Drawings by the Author. 6 color plates, nearly 400 black & white illustrations. 232pp. 4to, two-toned cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Bonanza Books, (1938).Very good (+). "A readable survey of the many forms of needlework produced in America from the Colonial period to the early 20th century. Includes sections on American Indian embroidery and beadwork, stump work, crewel, quilting, ... lacework, Moravian needlework, ..." - Arntzen/Rainwater, P692 (reprint).
The Practical Book of Tapestries.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1925. Illustrated with 12 color plates and 236 in doubletone. 302pp. Thick 8vo, two-toned cloth (spine just a bit darkened as usual, otherwise a near fine copy). Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1925. Limited subscription edition. Very good (+). One of 300 copies with extra plates (4 color and 16 b/w).
Great Tapestries: The Web of History from the 12th to the 20th Century.
Lausanne: Edita, 1965. Translated by Peggy R. Oberson. Illustrated with hundreds of plates, many mounted & in color. Large Square folio, red cloth, d.w. and slipcase. Lausanne: Edita S.A., (1965.). A near fine copy.
La Tapisserie Medievale au Musee de Cluny
Paris: de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1987. Extensively illustrated n both color and black & white. 224pp., 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Paris: De la Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1987. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
Les Tapisseries de l'Apocalypse de la Cathedrale d'Angers.
Paris: Albin Michel, 1942. 76 double page plates, 4 in color. 4to, blue buckram album. Paris, (1942). Very good Includes Le Maistre de Sacy's French version of the Apocalypse of St. John.
La Tapisserie.
Paris: A. Quantin, 1880. Numerous Illustrations. 372pp., short 8vo, pictorial cloth; spine quite worn. Paris: A. Quantin, ca. 1880. A very good copy.
A Passion for Needlepoint
New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Patterned endpapers. Illustrated with color photographs by Jean-Pierre Henfrey, many full-bleed. 160 pages, burgundy cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Rizzoli, (1991). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
The Colonial Andes: Tapestries and Silverwork, 1530-1830
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 396 pages, 4to, red cloth (covers cocked), dust wrapper. New York: Metropolitan Museum, (2004). A near fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Bild Teppiche: Geschichte der Gobelinwirkerei.
Berlin: Kunstwissenschaft. 158 plates. 8vo, linen-backed printed boards, d.w., board slipcase (worn). Berlin: Kunstwissenschaft, ca. 1920. A fine copy in a rubbed slipcase. Fine. Copy sold 6/89.
Tapestry: Mirror of History
New York: Crown, 1980. 50 color plates, 77 b/w Illus. 4to, maroon cloth, d.w., corners of cloth lightly bumped. New York: Crown, (1980). A very good copy in a fine dust wrapper.
The Tokugawa Collection: No Robes and Masks.
New York: Japan Society, 1976. Translated by Louise Allison Cort and Monica Bethe. Over 145 illustrations, many in color. 280 pages. Folio, stiff printed wrappers, d.w., board slipcase with paper label. New York: Japan Society, 1976. Fine. The first comprehensive English study of the Tokugawa Collection of theatrical robes and masks, with an extensive glossary and bibliography.
the Book of Tapestry
New York: Vendome, 1978. Preface by Jean Lurcat. Profusely illustrated with 82 color plates and 185 black and white plates. 229 pages (small white sticker on front endpaper), 4to, red cloth with gold decorative stamping, dust wrapper. London: The Vendome Press, (1978). A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
Chuck Close: Selected Paintings and Tapestries 2005-2009
New York: PaceWildenstein, 2009. Full page plates of 10 works by Close, including one folding, plus additional illustrations. 39pp. thin folio, glossy, pictorial wrappers. New York: PaceWildenstin, (2009). A fine copy.
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