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Las Levi Laestadius. Botaniker - lingvist - e...

av Jonsell, Bengt, Inger Nordal, Håkan Rydving

Häftad bok. Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien. 2000. 134 sidor.

ISBN 917900357

Nära nyskick. In Norwegian and Swedish, with abstracts in English for ten essays on the life and work of the founder of Laestadianism, and this preacher's broad and deep knowledge in areas beyond theology, including botany, Sami language, mythology and shamanism. … läs mer

Les Mégalithes. Pierres de mémoire

av Mohen, Jean-Pierre

Häftad bok. Gallimard, Paris. 1997. 176 sidor.

ISBN 9782070534395

Nära nyskick. In French. Neolithic peoples between the fifth and second millennium BCE erected monumental stones for their cults and rituals. Richly illustrated accounts of Stonehenge, Carnac, Avebury and other sites. … läs mer

MMF. Märta Måås-Fjetterström

av Stensman, Mailis

Häftad bok. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB. 2001. 20 sidor.

Nära nyskick. In Swedish and English. 365 x 290 mm. Promotional company issue, out-size, workshop interiors, weavers, and images of all-time favorites (Perugia, Blå Natt och Dag. Bruna Heden, Tånga). … läs mer

Mattor och Vävnader. Märta Måås-Fjetterström....

Häftad bok. Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB. 1956.

Nära nyskick. In Swedish. One brochure is 1956 issue of company, its leaders and artists, and catalog of Myntgatan 5, Stockholm, exhibition; second brochure also an exhibition at Myntgatan, perhaps 1962, with 5 tipped-in color photos, with biographies of artists. … läs mer

Hand-woven Coverlets in the Newark Museum

av White, Margaret E.

Häftad bok. The Newark Museum. 1947. 81 sidor.

Nära nyskick. In English. Of interest to hand weavers today, the catalog includes illustrations and references to standard manuals of weaving, and the many ties to Scandinavian designs and structures, in "dräll" variations as well as double weave.. … läs mer

Coverlets. A Handbook on the Collection of Wo...

av Davison, Mildred and Christa Mayer-Thurman

Häftad bok. The Art Institute of Chicago. 1973. 228 sidor.

Nära nyskick. In English. In weave structures of interest to today's weavers, the catalog covers overshot, summer & winter, multiple shaft, double cloth and Beiderwand types, made on hand looms from 4 to multiple shafts, and those with jacquard heads. … läs mer

Woven History. The Technology and Innovation...

av Goody, Susan Rabbit

Häftad bok. Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. 1993. 86 sidor.

Nära nyskick. In English. Home weavers and professionals produced blue-and-white coverlets in cotton and wool, often in handspuns. Dating by designs and maker's names from inventories and in surviving examples are included in this exhibition catalog, with b/wh illustra läs mer … läs mer

A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers. The...

av Heisey, John W.

Inbunden bok. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, VA . 1 uppl. 1978. 147 sidor.

ISBN 0879350482

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag saknas. in English. Coverlet weaving by hand on multi-shaft looms, and, from the 1820s, on handlooms with jacquard heads by professional weavers across Eastern and Midwest USA. Doubleweave in white cotton and indigo-dyed wool was standard, and typical motifs are läs mer … läs mer

A Checklist of Carpet Patent Models in the Te...

av Adrosko, Rita and Mary Cobb Rousselot

Häftad bok. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1998. 115 sidor.

Nyskick. In English. 76 patents for woven carpets of the second half of the 19th century documented as to technique, fiber and yarns used, company name, and b/wh photo of the sample submitted - wonderful resource for design research of the period. … läs mer

American Hooked and Sewn Rugs. Folk Art Under...

av Kopp, Joel and Kate

Häftad bok. University of New Mexico Press. 2 uppl. 1995. 141 sidor.

ISBN 0826316166

Nyskick. In English. Well illustrated in color, the development of hooked rugs in America from the 18th century to the early 20th century. Clear illustrations of tools and techniques - is Sweden ready for this nifty use of rags? … läs mer

Carpets from China, Xinjiang & Tibet

av Larsson, Lennart

Inbunden bok. Shambhala, Boston. 1989. 141 sidor.

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Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i gott skick. In English. Survey of Chinese carpet types, such as pillar, sitting, prayer and saddle rugs, as well as floor coverings in traditional and modern styles. Richly illustrated, mostly in color. … läs mer

America Underfoot. A History of Floor Coverin...

av Landreau, Anthony

Häftad bok. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Series. 1976. 76 sidor.

Nära nyskick. In English. Sand, straw, painted floors, floor cloths in some homes, oriental and European imports in others - by the 19th century, manufacturers at first with hand looms, then on powerlooms, made Scotch, Ingrain, Wilton, Brussels and Chenille styles, and läs mer … läs mer

A History of British Carpets from the Introdu...

av Tattersall, C.E.C. Dept. of Textiles, The V&A Museum

Inbunden bok. F. Lewis Ltd., London. 1 uppl. 1934. 182 sidor.

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag saknas. In English. Carpets in England first copied imports from Turkey (as in Buccleuch 1585 example), but in 18th C hand-knotted examples at Moorfields and Axminster had European style. By the 19th C, mechanized looms made remarkable carpet types, in double clo läs mer … läs mer

Monochrome Seidengewebe des hohen Mittelalter...

av Schorta, Regula

Inbunden bok. Deutscher Vlg für Kunstwissenschaft. 2001. 369 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In German. Rigorous and fundamental study of early compound weaves, such as taqueté and samitum, and the incremental steps towards the more expressive and textural structure of lampas. The author traces the "pseudo-lampas" examples, and documents and date läs mer … läs mer

Liturgische Gewänder und andere Paramente im...

av Reihlen, Helmut, ed.

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung ;Schnell und Steiner. 2005. 496 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In German. 2724 g. Slip cover small tear upper left. Survey, analysis and catalog of the textiles, vestments and liturgical textiles in the Treasury of the Cathedral of Brandenburg, dating from the 10th century to the 20th. Truly stupendous color photos o läs mer … läs mer

Der Granatapfel. Symbol des Lebens in der Alt...

av Muthmann, Friedrich

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung, Bern. 1982. 178 sidor.

Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. In German. A survey of the pomegranate motif and its symbolism in the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean from the second millennium BCE to its use in early Christianity and Sassanian Persia. Lavishly illustrated in b/wh. … läs mer

Seidenstoffe in der italienischen Malerei

av Klesse, Brigitte

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung, Bern. 1967. 524 sidor.

Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. In German, summary in English. 3044 g. An early and extraordinarily comprehensive study of the depiction of textiles in 14th-century Italian painting. Each pattern type extrapolated, compared, dated, and grouped to artists in a catalog of 519 patterns. … läs mer

Die Passionsteppiche von San Marco in Venedig...

av Stucky-Schürer, Monica

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung, Bern. 1972. 131 sidor.

Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In German, summaries in French, English, Italian. An investigation into the tapestry suite now in San Marco, Venice, and its relationship to other well-known examples, such as the Angers Apocalypse suite, the Nine Heroes at the Cloisters, New York. Dating läs mer … läs mer

Die mittelalterlichen Textilien von St. Serva...

av Stauffer, Annemarie

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung. 1991. 236 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In German. The Treasury of the Church of St. Servatius in Maastricht has Northern Europe's largest and most significant examples of early medieval textiles, particularly Byzantine, Persian and Central Asian pattern-woven silks, all of which were conserved läs mer … läs mer

Mittelalterliche Textilien in Kirchen und Klö...

av Schmedding, Brigitta

Inbunden bok. Abegg-stiftung, Bern. 1 uppl. 1978. 325 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In German. Short summaries in English and French. 2026 g. Retrieved from early medieval reliquaries, precious fragments of silk textiles are analyzed i detail as to technique, design, along with larger and intact objects such as liturgical vestments and b läs mer … läs mer

Apropos patterns for embroidery, lace and wov...

av Abegg, Margaret

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung. 2 uppl. 1998. 210 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In English. 2222 g. Signature in ink title page. Traces the ways in which designs for decoration spread before and after printed model books, and their adoption by professional and amateur practitioners in woven, embroidered, lace and printed textiles. … läs mer

Textile conservation and research - a documen...

av Flury-Lemberg, Mechthild

Inbunden bok. Abegg-Stiftung, Bern. 1 uppl. 1988. 532 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In English. 3674 g.330 x 265 mm. Magisterial account of highly specialized textile conservation treatments on exquisite examples of historic textiles and garments, with before-and-after photos, such as the Vitalis chasuble, and the Mantle of St. Clare of läs mer … läs mer

Le damas du lin historié du XVIe au XIXe siec...

av Prinet, Marguerite

Inbunden bok. Fondation Abegg, Berne. 1982. 340 sidor.

Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. In French. 2868 g. Slip cover small tear bottom front. Damask table linen appears prominently in medieval illuminations for festive banquets and in elite European inventories. Famous artists provided designs for the Dutch linen drawloom weavers who reprod läs mer … läs mer

Selling Silks. A Merchant's Sample Book 1764

av Miller, Leslie Ellis

Inbunden bok. V&A Publishing, London. 1 uppl. 2014. 272 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. In English.320 x 235 mm. The contents of an extremely rare and fragile merchant's French sample book in the museum's collection, perhaps confiscated by British Customs in 1764, translated and analyzed as to technique and structure, with glossary and annot läs mer … läs mer

Women of Europe in the fifteenth and sixteent...

av Higgins, Mrs. Napier

Inbunden bok. Hurst and Blackett Publishers, London. 1 uppl. 1885. 944 sidor.

Hyggligt skick. Skyddsomslag saknas. In English. Original 1885 issue. Spines both volumes are loose, severely frayed. Contents intact and readable, occasional pages still need to be cut open. Vol. I begins with Scandinavian famous women, 69 p on Margaret of Denmark, and so on! Much impassion läs mer … läs mer

Dictionary of Saintly Women, 2 volumes

av Dunbar, Agnes B.C.

Inbunden bok. George Bell and Sons, London. 1 uppl. 1904. 806 sidor.

Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag saknas. In English. Very rare, original 1904 issue; the two volumes in variant color cloth bindings. An extraordinary effort to compile and describe concisely, and in lively prose, the myriad women worshipped as saints in early Christianity and the medieval perio läs mer … läs mer

The Bible and the saints

av Duchet-Suchaux, Gaston and Michel Pastoreau

Häftad bok. Flammarion, Paris. 1994. 360 sidor.

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Nära nyskick. In English. An iconographic and historic guide to saints in the Western and Orthodox Churches, their lives, attributes, and depictions in art from the medieval period through the 17th century. … läs mer

Les ordres religieux - guide historique

av Duchet-Suchaux, Gaston

Häftad bok. Flammarion, Paris. 1993. 317 sidor.

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Mycket gott skick. In French. Edges softened, crease on cover center. Encyclopedic work on the religious orders, their founders, notable individuals. 290 b/wh illustrations, 32 plates in color. … läs mer

Saints et damnes. La Bourgogne du Moyen Age d...

av Berlioz, Jacques

Häftad bok. Les Editions du Bien Public, Dijon. 1989. 63 sidor.

ISBN 2905441240

Mycket gott skick. In French. In the words of an Inquisitor, the writings of a Dominican religious in Dijon, events in the history of the persecutions of suspected heretics are told in narrative form, translated from Latin by the author. … läs mer

The shaping of ʻAbbāsid rule

av Lassner, Jacob

Inbunden bok. Princeton U.P. 1 uppl. 1980. 328 sidor.

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Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick. In English. Slip cover spine sunned. The transition between the revolutionary movement that propelled the Abbasids to power, and the development to imperial government are described, and the urban planning in the building of Baghdad, all based on Arabic s läs mer … läs mer