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Textiles & Carpets


ALGOUD, Henri.

Les Arts de la Soie. Le Velours.

Paris. Ch. Massin nd. ca. 1912 Folio. pp. [iv], 20. 52 plates, each with several subjects, in monochrome and colour. Loose as issued in publisher's portfolio, worn on spine, with back strip torn at top and base. From the library of J. Ginskey, with the name stamp in the margins throughout.

Limited to 350 copies. This copy was distributed by Stoll in Germany with his sticker on the title page. Includes embroidered work and Ikats from France, Southern Europe, Turkey and the Middle East.

£180
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ref: 37986

BOCK, Dr. Franz.

Die Kleinodien des Heil-Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation nebst den Kroninsignien Bohmens Ungarns und der Lombardei.

Vienna. Aus der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei. 1864. 2 vols. folio. (text and ... (more)


A finely produced record of sacred objects, textiles, swords and decorative panels.

£1,600
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ref: 39896

BOGOLUBOW COLLECTION.

Central Asian Tapestries. From the Collection Assembled by A. Bogolubow.

Leipzig. Karl W. Hiersemann. 1908. Folio. pp. 24; 24 (text present in German, Russian and French). Illustrated with 36 large colour lithographs and 7 monochrome plates. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed cloth portfolio, each plate with discreet stamp of 'L. Ginzkey, Maffersdorf', not affecting images.

£3,500
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ref: 38720

BOGOLYUBOV, Andrei Anreyevich.

Carpets of Central Asia. Edited by J.M.A. Thompson.

Ramsdell. The Crosby Press. 1973. 33.5 x 24cm. Introductory text, colour and blac k & white illustrations of 59 rugs with desriptive texts. Hardback in dust jacket, light stains on the fore- and top edges; otherwise fine.

The revised edition of the monograph originally published in 2 vols in 1908 & 1909.

£190
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ref: 37836

BOGOLYUBOV, Andrei Anreyevich.

Carpets of Central Asia. Edited by J.M.A. Thompson.

Ramsdell. The Crosby Press. 1973. 33.5 x 24cm. Introductory text, colour and blac k & white illustrations of 59 rugs with desriptive texts. Hardback in dust jacket, light stains on the fore- and top edges; otherwise fine.

The revised edition of the monograph originally published in 2 vols in 1908 & 1909.

£190
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ref: 37837

GOLDMAN COLLECTION. Fitz Gibbon, Kathe & Andrew Hale.

Ikat Silks of Central Asia. The Guido Goldman Collection.

London. 1997. Large 4to. pp. 368. 424 colour and 76 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket, slipcase. Fine

This is the original edition, a far larger and better illustrated book than the publication of the same year by the same authors titled Ikat Splendid Silks of Central Asia.

£120
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ref: 37883

HARTKAMP-JONXIS, Ebeltje & Hillie Smit

European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 2004. 29.5 x 25cm. pp. 264. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hardback in dust jacket.

Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, vol. 5.

£75
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ref: 37713

HARTKAMP-JONXIS, Ebeltje & Hillie Smit

European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 2004. 29.5 x 25cm. pp. 264. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hardback in dust jacket.

Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, vol. 5.

£75
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ref: 37714

HARTKAMP-JONXIS, Ebeltje & Hillie Smit

European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. 2004. 29.5 x 25cm. pp. 264. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hardback in dust jacket.

Catalogues of the Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum, vol. 5.

£75
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ref: 37715

HENDLEY, Thomas Holbein.

Asian Carpets: XVI & XVII Century Carpet Designs from the Jaipur Palaces, &c. &c.

London. W. Griggs of Peckham. 1905. 2 vols. in 1. Folio. pp. 20. Chromolithograph title page ... (more)

A fine survey of the carpets in the collection of H.H. the Maharaja of Jaipur & others. Many of the patterns were drawn by draughtsmen at Jaipur under the supervision of S.S. Jacob, who had collaborated with Hendley on a number of other works.

£4,250
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ref: 39659

KERRY, Sue.

Twentieth Century textiles. Part II Neo-Classicism to Pop.

London. Francesca Galloway. 2007. 4to. pp. 196, 109 colour illustrations. Hardback with a Dufy design on the covers.

Published on the occasion of the the textile exhibition at the Francesca Galloway Gallery.

£35
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ref: 38808

KUNSTGEWERBEBLATT. Papst, Arthur (Ed).

Kunstgewerbeblatt. Monatsschrift fur Geschichte und Literatur der Kleinkunst, Organ fur die Bestrebungen der Kunstgewerbe-Vereine. Jahrgang 1-5 (First series complete) .

Leipzig. E. A. Seemann. 1885-1889. 4to. 5 vols bound in 2. Illustrated throughout with gravure ... (more)

A complete run of the first series of this leading German periodical. Includes illustrated articles on carpets, jewellery, silverwork, embroidery, furniture, stained glass and architectural ornament.

£300
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ref: 38183

LORENTZ, H. A.

A View of Chinese Rugs from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century.

London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1972. 4to. pp. xxii, 194. 95 colour plates, 58 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket. Fine.

'The first authoritative monograph on Chinese rugs. Treats the geographical and historical background, colours, patterns, symbols, chronology, techniques, sizes and centres of production' [Arntzen and Rainwater, P625].

£35
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ref: 35364

LUITPOLD, Herzog in Bayern.

Die Frankische Bildwirkerei.

Florence & Munich. Pantheon & Kurt Wolf. 1926. 2 vols. Folio. pp. 96. 41 colour and 14 monochrome plates printed on rectos only. Publisher's half morocco, slight staining to spine, otherwise vg

Handsomely produced monograph on German tapestries of the 15th and early 16th centuries with full catalogue descriptions of the pieces illustrated.

£250
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ref: 37988

MASSIN, Ch. (Editor).

Musee de Cluny. Etoffes Anciennes (du XVe au XVIIIe Siecle).

Paris. Massin. n.d. (c.1910). Folio. pp. [8]. 52 plates, including 20 in full colour, printed on rectos only. Loose as issued. Later cloth-backed folder.

Covers Italian and Spanish fabrics in the great textile collection of the Cluny Museum.

£35
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ref: 38410



Applied Arts
Applied Arts

The Applied Arts section houses an array of titles on design, craftsmanship and manufacturing. All areas and periods of the applied arts are covered. As well as a good stock of reference books on the subject, we hold many rare and original design books by leading artists, furniture-makers, and ornamentalists.