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English Tapestry Book History And Examples #1128369

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English Tapestry Book History And Examples #1128369
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"A Book Of Tapestries" by W.&B. Forman,text by J. Blazkova' and translated by Hedda Vesela Strankska,designed for Spring Books,London and printed in Czechoslovakia where tapestries began their history. Approximately half the book is devoted to the history of tapestries,broken into the middle ages,the sixteenth century,verdures,heraldic tapestry,figurative composition,the baroque period,the proverbs,the eighteenth century,an introduction and bibliography. The more than half book is devoted to the plates themselves with beautiful coloring and many double and triple fold out pages with examples from all periods of their history. The front and back of the book are fabric covered depicting one of the tapestries with the title shown in gilt. Quite a treasure for anyone appreciating tapestries and their history. Excellent condition. Measures 13.5H X 10W X 1H Perfect coffee table size.
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1930</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:English Tapestry Book History And Examples</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Greenville,SC</td></tr>
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