Full Color Historic Textile Designs - Couverture souple

Auberville, M.Dupont-

 
9780486287188: Full Color Historic Textile Designs

Synopsis

Magnifique ouvrage sur le textile historique Reproduction des 100 chromolithographies de « L’Ornement des Tissus : Recueil Historique et Pratique » par M. Dupont-Auberville, publiés par Ducher & Cie., Paris, en 1877. L´art décorative du textile de l´antiquité en passant par le Moyen-Age jusqu´au 19e siècle, de l´orient et de l´Europe. Description de l’éditeur : This beautiful book is filled with over five hundred textile designs representing a vast spectrum of historic cultures. From the intricately patterned linens and woolens of ancient Egypt to the splendid silks and brocades of 18th-century France, the designs form a fascinating and instructive study in the evolution of the decorative arts. Painstakingly reproduced in full color from an extremely rare and valuable 19th-century French portfolio, the motifs encompass a broad range of subject matter: mythological figures, scenes of harvest and hunt, elaborate interlacements of flowers, leaves and vines, sophisticated arrangements of geometric elements and more. European textiles are represented, as well as those of the Middle East and Far East. Faithfully reprinted to capture every nuance of color and detail, an complete with captions in English, the 562 historic designs in this one-of-a-kind reference book will be of great interest and value to textile designers, interior decorators, students of the decorative arts and every reader with an interest in the finest historic fabric design.

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