The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill - 1935

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935. Reprinted Edition. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The Dust Jacket has light edge wear with age-toning to the white of the rear panel. 8vo; 9.75 inches tall;  xvi, 275 pages with an index. Illustrated with plates, 4 in color. First published in 1912. . [from the Foreword] "The commercial fact that tapestries have immeasurably increased in value within the last five years, would have little interest were it not that this increase is the direct result of America's awakened appreciation of this form of art.

It has come about in these latter days that tapestries are considered a necessity in the luxurious and elegant homes which are multiplying all over our land. And the enormous demand thus made on the supply, has sent prices for rare bits into a dizzy altitude, and has made even the less perfect pieces seem scarce and desirable."

Background Information:
Helen Churchill Candee was an American author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist, and geographer. Today, she is best known as a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912, and for her later work as a travel writer and explorer of southeast Asia.