Textiles & Carpets

1925 PARIS.

Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXeme Siecle.

Paris. Imprimerie Nationale. ca. 1930. 9 vols. 4to. pp. 119; 103; 113; 107; 103; 107; 105; 109; 107; 115 96 hors texte plates in monochrome or colour in each volume, printed on rectos only. Publisher's half parchment, worn on hinges, rubbed on head and base of spines, parchment chipped with 2 slight losses. Internally fine.

One of the finest illustrated surveys ever produced on any of the great International Exhibitions, it is printed throughout on verges d'arches with photographic reproductions of exceptional quality.

£1,200

ref: 33548

ALBERS. Fox Weber, Nicholas & Martin Filler.

Josef + Anni Albers. Designs for Living.

London & New York. Merrell/Copper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. 2004. 4to. pp. 160. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hardback in fust jacket. New.

Survey of the design work of the Albers's from their period at the Bauhaus and throughout their later careers including ranges of innovative furniture, textiles, household objects and architectural acessories.

£25

ref: 35500

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.

£250

ref: 33610

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. Brosens, Koenraad.

European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago.

New Haven and London. Yale University Press, 2008. 30 x 25cm. pp. 408. 138 colour and 159 duotone illustrations. Hardback in dust jacket. Fine.

£25

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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.

£2,000

ref: 33526

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.

£4,000

ref: 23687

BURKHARDT, Rudolf.

Gewirkte Bildteppiche des XV und XVI Jahrhunderts im Historischen Museum zu Basel.

Leipzig. Karl W. Hiersemann. 1923. Folio. pp. 65. 25 tipped-in colour plates with guardleaves. Publisher's cloth.

£150

ref: 18232

CLOUZOT, Henri (Intro.).

Tissus Negres.

Paris. Librairie des Arts Decoratifs. n.d. (ca. 1925) 4to. pp. (8). 48 plates, of which 6 are coloured. Loose as issued in publisher's cloth-backed printed board portfolio.

£200

ref: 33602

COOK COLLECTION. Wace, A. J. B.

Mediterranean and Near Eastern Embroideries from the collection of Mrs. F. H. Cook.

London. Halton & Company. 1935. 2 vols (text & plates). 4to. pp. xiv, 87. 135 plates including 56 in colour, 8 text illustrations, map of the Mediterranean and the Near East, and the Greek Islands. Decorated cloth, slipcase faded on spine, otherwise a very good set.

Edition limited to 250 copies. A rare copy of this well produced catalogue, providing an invaluable ... (more)

£2,000

ref: 34708

DECORATIVE ART IN MODERN INTERIORS 1969-1970. International furnishing and decoration. Vol. 59.

London. Studio Vista Ltd. 1969. 4to. pp. 167. Colour and monochrome illustrations (36 pp. in full colour). Cloth.

Introductory text in English, French and German. Edited by Ella Moody. A pictorial record of the ... (more)

£55

ref: 29748

DUMONTHIER, Ernest.

Le Mobilier National, Etoffes et Tapisseries d'Ameublement des XVIIe. et XVIIIe. Siecles.

Paris. Ch. Massin. nd. c.1910. Folio. pp. (iv), 15. 80 heliogravure plates printed on rectos only. Unsewn, as issued, in the publisher's portfolio, ties missing, otherwise very good.

The collection consists mainly of work from Savonnerie, Gobelins, Beauvais and Pernon done to designs by Charles Le Brun, Philippe de Lassale, Tessier, Maurice Jacques et al. There are also examples of English work from Mortlake.

£200

ref: 33600

GOBEL, Heinrich.

Wandteppiche. Teil I. Banden 1 & 2. Die Niederlande.

Leipzig. Klinkhardt & Biermann. 1923. 2 vols. 4to. pp. xii, 668, 24. 2 colour frontispieces. Vol. 1 - 32 plates & 24 plates of makers' marks; vol. 2 - 507 illustrations on unnumbered pages. Publisher's cloth, spines faded, cloth torn on joints.

The first section - complete in itself - of Gobel's monumental work on tapestries.

£200

ref: 23699

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.

£4,800

ref: 29563

KUNSTGEWERBEBLATT. Papst, Arthur (Ed).

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

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 on the varied arts & crafts, Includes illustrated articles on carpets, jewellery, silverwork, embroidery, furniture, stained glass and architectural ornamentation.

£450

ref: 21827

LESSING, Julius.

Alt Orientalischer Teppichmuster nach Bildern und Originalen des XV-XVI Jahrhunderts.

Berlin. Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth. 1877. Folio. pp. 24. Illustrated with thirty colour lithograph plates. Original publisher's cloth-backed printed board portfolio, rubbed, with new ties. Re-spined

£650

ref: 25375