Tapestry. [First edition].

PIANZOLA, M. & J. COFFINET,

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Genève, Les Editions de Bonvent, 1971. Small square 8°. Original glazed illustrated heavy boards. 127pp. 8 tipped-in captioned coloured plates featuring antique and modern designs in tapestry, numerous captioned monochrome plates and illustrations in text, of which facsims. after old engravings, featuring antique and modern looms, warped patterns, designs of antique tapestry techniques compared wih modern design and techniques, synopsis, glossary of technical terms, select bibliography, tables of illustrations and contents, colophon. ["Craft and Art", 2]. a detailed historic survey about hand manufactured antique and contemporary tapestry from ancient greek origin through 19th century and contemporary design, e.g. high-warp, low-warp warping, the high-warp loom, weaving, the low-warp loomhistory of tapestry, origins. A very handy survey. Very fine copy.

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• Titolo: Tapestry. [First edition].
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