Search Results: Textiles from Mountain Laurel Books

MA: Merrimack Valley Textile Museum. Fine. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 0937474002 . Tight binding. No marks or writing. Very gently browsed. No marks .

New. Hardcover. 0312303955 . Brand new book . No marks .

Fine Arts Museum San Francisco. New. 2006. Paperback. 0884010996 . Brand new book. No marks. ; 0.5 x 11.9 x 8.9 Inches; 144 pages .

Rug Weaver. New. 2008. Spiral bound. Brand new book. .

Lacis/Unicorn Interweave Press. New. 2004. Paperback. 1893063089 . Brand new book. The author teaches the braiding techniques of the producers of the world's most beautiful patterns and most varied braiding structures: Japan (kumihimo) and Peru (sling braiding). He describes the equipment, materials, and methods for making braids with a traditional Japanese Kumihimo Marudai braiding stool or with a slotted card held in the hand or supported on a base. The third and major part of this book is the design section. Easy-to-follow diagrams show how to make 50 different braid structures incorporating over 250 patterns using 4-16 strands. Enticing color photos. Amz .

C&T Publishing. Very Good. 1987. Paperback. 0914881094 . Clean crisp bright. No marks. Slight scuffing along edges .

Hudson Hills Press. New in New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1555952380 . Brand new book and dust jacket in publisher's shrink wrap. Written for both specialist and general audiences, this stunning volume places new research within a comprehensive socio-historic context, including information on technique, production, iconography, function, patronage, and trade. Five maps, a glossary, and catalogue of the complete collection are included. This beautifully illustrated introduction to the little-known but outstanding collection of Asian textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas focuses on ninety-five textiles from the Indian subcontinent, Iran, China and Japan, deploying a wide variety of source materials including archeological reports, 19th-century travelers' journals, maps, trade documents, literature and paintings, to place each textile in a resonant context. Illus. , 124 color plates; 5 color maps. ; 1.57 x 12.2 x 9.45 Inches; 312 pages .

Edita Lausanne. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Massive Hardcover book very good + / dust jacket light edge wear in new protective cover. Tipped in color plates. Slip case has some wear. .

Interweave Press. New. 1987. Paperback. 0934026254 . Brand New book. .

Pomegranate Communications. New. 1996. Paperback. 0876545983 . Brand new book in publisher's shrink wrap; 208 pages .

Lithuanian Folk Art Institute. New in New dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. New book. No marks or writing. Dust jacket in new protective cover. Light rubbing on dust jacket corners. ; Hardcover book and dust jacket are NEW in new protective cover. .

Schiffer. New. 1998. Paperback. 0764306359 . New book with remainder mark. Corners rubbed. .

Image Line Publications. New. 2004. Paperback. 0975577506 . New book. This book chronicles the journey of fiber artist Muriel Nezhnie Helfman, best known for her tapestry series depicting Images of the Holocaust. Author Linda Rees traces Nezhnie's ardent journey to become one of the greatest weavers of her generation, providing compelling insight into a woman striving to establish her identity as an artist, mother and wife in pre-feminist America. .

Country Threads. Fine. 1991. Paperback. Clean crisp bright. No marks. Slight scuffing along edges. Illustrated in color. .

Dos Tejedoras. New. 1992. Paperback. 0932394175 . 11 X 8.50 X 0.50 inches; 71 pages .

Schiffer Publishing. New. 2001. Paperback. 0764314726 . New book. No marks. Light bump to spine end. As one of the thirteen original colonies, Connecticut made unique contributions to the development of America's textile industry. Until now, however, quilts from this historic state have only been viewed in bits and pieces through other states' documentation projects and museum collections. This beautifully illustrated book is the culmination of ten years of documentation and research and shows more than 145 outstanding and diverse quilts from Connecticut. They range from a signed and dated, pre-Revolutionary War Medallion quilt to a Grandmother's Flower Garden made by one of Connecticut's most prolific twentieth-century quiltmakers. Beyond the wonderful colors and shapes of the quilts are the fascinating stories of their makers, women and men whose lives were interwoven in Connecticut's rich history. This book is a must for students of quilt history, women's… Read More

Princeton University Press. New in New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0691090327 . Brand new book and dust jacket. In publisher's shrink wrap. This volume, the tenth to be published in a projected series of sixteen, catalogues the European textiles and objects made of fabric in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Robert Lehman and his father, Philip Lehman, purchased textiles with the same well-trained eyes they used to acquire paintings, drawings, and decorative arts in general. Among the most distinguished and widely admired objects in the Collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders and four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection. The Collection also includes a great number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in a vast array of techniques and styles that span more than six centuries.… Read More

London: Spring. Very Good. Hardcover. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Very clean. No marks or writing. 36 b&w plates, evolution and history of lace throughout Europe; 171 pages .

Walter Kircher. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Owner name. German text. Clean and bright. Black and white illustrations. ; 175 pages .

Cassell & Company. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Very good hardcover. Green decorated cover with red and gilt. Cover edges rubbed. Label inside cover and blind stamp indicating this book is an award. Page edges browning. Amz .