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Chinese Carpets and Rugs
by Hackmack, Adolf
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- clean and tight but with darkening to specific areas of edges of both free end papers. Art museum ex-lib. marks on reverse o
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Tientsin, China: La Librairie Francaise Tientsin, 1924. Hardcover. VG- clean and tight but with darkening to specific areas of edges of both free end papers. Art museum ex-lib. marks on reverse of title page and sticker on lower spine.. Original contents rebound into contemporary 3/4 red leather with saddle cloth. 5 raised bands with gilt lining and lettering. (Binding done by Wm. von Heill, Brooklyn, NY, for a library). Beautiful color frontis, with tissue guard; 47 pp. with occasional bw line drawings and 1 bw plate, followed by 26 plates (2 in color) and 1 bw map. Color plates have tissue guards. Translated by Miss L. Arnold. Chapters include: The Development of Carpet Weaving; Carpet Designs; The Colours of Chinese Carpets; and The Weaving of the Carpet. With a list of illustrations and an appendix.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 154939
- Title
- Chinese Carpets and Rugs
- Author
- Hackmack, Adolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- clean and tight but with darkening to specific areas of edges of both free end papers. Art museum ex-lib. marks on reverse o
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- La Librairie Francaise Tientsin
- Place of Publication
- Tientsin, China
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Asian Decorative Arts; Chinese Carpets; Chinese Rugs ; Chinese Carpets; Chinese Rugs ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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