Textiles & Fabric

J.H. Thorp & Co., New York. Hardcover/Trade Catalog; Good only (heavy spine wear; cover & edge wear; front hinge start; rear hinge crack - but entire binding still tight - interior pages & patterns clean & unmarked); Trade Catalog for J.H. Thorp, no date, ca. 1900, unpaged - 50 pages, with 21 fabric patterns illustrated in color (each pattern has several color variations named & illustrated); plus 5 pages on "Hand-Block Printing" explaining the process on how the various patterns are created, with 2 photos. . J.H. Thorp Co.; Fabrics; Printed Linens; Cretonnes;. more information

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OH: College of Wooster, 1997. Softcover/Exhibition Catalog, stapled; Fine; 16 pages; with 12 black & white illustrations; Selected Bibliography; Catalog of the Exhibition (listing 38 items); Map of West Africa. This is a catalog of the exhibition held at The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio, January 18 - February 22, 1987. "This exhibition focuses on selected West African textile and leatherworking traditions. The different techniques which are represented are indigo dyeing, 'bogolanfini' or mud dyeing, 'adinkra'or stamping, embroidery and applique, as well as various leatherworking tools and techniques." . African Crafts; African Art; African Textiles; Barbara E. Frank;.

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Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1975. Softcover, with decorative blue yarn through front cover; VG; Probable 1st Edition; unpaged - 50 pgs; 12mo; 10 textile artists with examples of their work illustrated in color & B&W; text in English & German. (1) Linda Christanell; (2) Beatrix Brigitte Kaser; (3) Helen Knopp; (4) Sepp Moosmann; (5) Marga Persson-Petraschek; (6) Maria Plachky; (7) Fritz Riedl; (8) Waltraud Thalhammer-Praschak; (9) Edda Seidl-Reiter; (10) Jutta Waloschek. . Textile Art; Austrian Art; Fiber Art; Fiber Artists;.

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Convergence '78, Inc. & the Colorado Fibers Exhibit Committee, 1978. Softcover, stapled; VG+ (covers heavily rubbed); Probable 1st Edition; unpaged - 31 pages; Exhibition Catalog featuring 31 fiber artists from Colorado; with 32 B&W illustrations of pieces both wearable and decorative. Artists include: (1) David C. Johnson; (2) Peg Templeton; (3) Jane Mathews; (4) Lauarel Covington-Vogl; (5) Jeanne Steiner; (6) R. French Thompson; (7) Liz Schoeberlein; (8) Linda Fox LaFrance; (9) Jean Williams-Cacicedo; (10) Rosalind Ward; (11) LaVonne Schrieber; (12) Michael P. Howell; (13) Charlotte Ziebarth; (14) Barbara Liebler; (15) Lesley E. Shearer; (16) Barbara Leyendecker; (17) Carol Hunter; (18) B.J. Davis; (19) Sharon LaPierre; (20) Arianthe; (21) Lorna Schlueter; (22) Terri Schindel; (23) Philip G.P. Gekas; (24) Mary Ann Rolfe; (25) Suzanne Ness; (26) Sue Cole; (27) Janet Zehr; (28) Janet M. Hanley; (29) Leslie Feld; (30) Julia Hanan; (31) Libby Kowalski. Fiber Art; Textiles; Handweaving; Colorado Artists;. more information

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RIzzoli, 1990. Hardcover/DJ; As New/As New; 1st Edition; 160 pages, tall 8vo; with numerous color illustrations of the artist's work, plus numerous B&W photographs; 1959 photo of Tawney on the title page by Yousuf Karsh; Chronology; Exhibition History; Bibliography. This is the catalog of the exhibition held at the American Craft Museum, the Art Museum of Chicago, & the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, April 1990 - July 1991. . ISBN: 0847811689. Lenore Tawney; Fiber Artist; Fiber Art; Textiles; American Craft Museum;. more information

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NY: Crompton-Richmond Company, 1970. Hardcover/DJ; VG+/VG (light edgewear); Probable 1st Ed; 57pp; tall 8vo; "...to provide a closer sense of appreciation and understanding of the generations of accumulatd skills that have gone into the making of these fabrics as we know them today, fabrics considered in textile manufacturing as the highest forms of the art"; profusely illustrated in color & B& W, plus 37 swatches of various pile & color.. Fabrics; Napped Fabrics; Velvets; Fabric Swatches;. more information

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Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highway, 1974. VG+ (small owner name address stamp front cover); Vol L, No 7; 48pp; 4to; entire edition devoted to American Indian Weavings, Rugs, Blankets, etc; profusely illustrated, mostly color, including pictorial covers.. American Indian Art; American Indian Weaving; American Indian Rugs; American Indian Blankets;. more information

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IL: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1948. Softcover; VG (1" taped tear bottom spine; minor soil rear white panel); 1st Ed; 88pp; 8vo; Exhibition Catalog of items lent by The Cathedrals, Museums and Collectors of France through the French Government; with 45 B&W illustrations of 140 works in the Exhibition; General Bibliog.. Tapestries; French Tapestries; French Art; Textiles;. more information

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NY: Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1973. Softcover, stapled; VG (light soil to white cover); Exhibition Catalog; Probable 1st Ed; unpaged-24pp; square 8vo; "...a collection of inventive works that illustrates the high quality and wide range of personal styles prominent in fabric sculpture today"; featuring 27 works by 19 American artists; 21 B&W photos of 19 works; brief info on artists.. Fabric; Fabric Art; Fabric Sculpture;. more information

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