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Soft cover. Condizione: Near fine. 104 pages, approx. 9 3/16" x 9 5/16", softcover. Exhibition catalog of weaving art. Both color and black and white plates. Near fine condition. 051705A-Q.

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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; viii, 407 pages: illustrations (some color); decorated endpapers; 32 cm. Notes; Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Art Institute, November 1, 2008-January 4, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-400) and index. Contents; A collection and its donors / Christa C. Mayer Thurman -- The tapestry medium: an introduction / Christa C. Mayer Thurman -- Conservation of the collection / Yvan Maes De Wit -- Franco-Flemish tapestries, 1450-1520 -- Flemish tapestries, 1500-1750 (Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Flanders) -- French tapestries, 1600-1800 (Paris, Beauvais, Aubusson) -- Tapestries from Basel, Italy, Holland, England, and Peru -- Table carpets -- Marks and signatures. Summary; This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centers of production in many of the foremost workshops. Among the works discussed are The Annunciation, a Renaissance masterpiece designed by an artist in the circle of Mantegna; Autumn and Winter, based on designs by Charles Le Brun; and The Elephant, woven after a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. An international team of scholars explain the history of this previously unpublished collection and offer new designer and workshop attributions, design and source identifications, and provenance information. Review: Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 by Choice Magazine Choice "Richly illustrated, with almost 300 images, many in color, this dazzling volume is a desideratum for anyone interested in the history of economics, seventeenth-century Flemish art, the history of tapestries, or the painters whop designed them, including Charles Le Brun, Jacob Jordaens, Francois Boucher, and Edward Burne-Jones." -Diane Wolfthal, Renaissance Quarterly. Subjects; Art Institute of Chicago - Catalogs. Art Institute of Chicago - Exhibitions. Tapestry - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry, Medieval - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry, Renaissance - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry, Baroque - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry - Illinois - Chicago - Catalogs. Tapestry - Europe - History - Exhibitions. Wall hangings - Europe - Catalogs. Wall hangings - Illinois - Chicago - Catalogs. Tapestries & hangings; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections. EUROPE; Illinois. ART / European. DESIGN / Textile & Costume. ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General. CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General. 2 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; viii, 407 pages: illustrations (some color); decorated endpapers; 32 cm. Notes; Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Art Institute, November 1, 2008-January 4, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-400) and index. Contents; A collection and its donors / Christa C. Mayer Thurman -- The tapestry medium: an introduction / Christa C. Mayer Thurman -- Conservation of the collection / Yvan Maes De Wit -- Franco-Flemish tapestries, 1450-1520 -- Flemish tapestries, 1500-1750 (Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges, Flanders) -- French tapestries, 1600-1800 (Paris, Beauvais, Aubusson) -- Tapestries from Basel, Italy, Holland, England, and Peru -- Table carpets -- Marks and signatures. Summary; This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centers of production in many of the foremost workshops. Among the works discussed are The Annunciation, a Renaissance masterpiece designed by an artist in the circle of Mantegna; Autumn and Winter, based on designs by Charles Le Brun; and The Elephant, woven after a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. An international team of scholars explain the history of this previously unpublished collection and offer new designer and workshop attributions, design and source identifications, and provenance information. Review: Chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 by Choice Magazine Choice "Richly illustrated, with almost 300 images, many in color, this dazzling volume is a desideratum for anyone interested in the history of economics, seventeenth-century Flemish art, the history of tapestries, or the painters whop designed them, including Charles Le Brun, Jacob Jordaens, Francois Boucher, and Edward Burne-Jones." -Diane Wolfthal, Renaissance Quarterly. Subjects; Art Institute of Chicago - Catalogs. Art Institute of Chicago - Exhibitions. Tapestry - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry, Medieval - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry, Renaissance - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry, Baroque - Europe - Catalogs. Tapestry - Illinois - Chicago - Catalogs. Tapestry - Europe - History - Exhibitions. Wall hangings - Europe - Catalogs. Wall hangings - Illinois - Chicago - Catalogs. Tapestries & hangings; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections. EUROPE; Illinois. ART / European. DESIGN / Textile & Costume. ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General. CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General. 2 Kg.…