Ketchum, William C., Jr.
The Collections of the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum
Rochester, NY: Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, 1982

Quarto. 66 pp; color & b/w photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. When it opened in 1982, the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester NY focused on the history of American social & cultural development from 1820 to 1920 - the century that experienced the changes created by industrialism. This book features the museum's collections of dolls, toys, dollhouses & doll furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, furniture, Oriental arts, fine arts & crafts, textiles, household utensils, and books & paper ephemera.
Inventory number #014337

Arrizoli-Clementel, Pierre et al
Toiles de Nantes des XVIIIe et XIXe siecles : 9 decembre 1977-29 janvier 1978, Musee de l'impression sur Etoffes de Mulhouse
Mulhouse: Musee de l'Impression sur Etoffes, 1977

First edition. Octavo. 159 pp; two color & profuse b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; slight toning to edges of back cover. Exhibition catalogue featuring 129 examples of 18th & 19th century printed textiles of Nantes.
Inventory number #013921

Montgomery, Florence M. [Signed]
Printed Textiles : English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850
NY: Viking Press, 1970

First edition. Quarto. 379 pp; 30 color & 428 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, remains of removed label on front flyleaf, tiny rubbed spot on front pastedown, one corner gently bumped, barely affecting pp; clipped jacket has small chip at top of spine. Signed by Montgomery on the title page. This important reference features more than 400 examples of printed textiles from the Winterthur Museum collection.
Inventory number #013920

Sirat, Jacques & Francoise Siriex
Tapis Francais du XXe Siecle : de l'art Nouveau aux Creations Contemporaines
Paris: Editions de l'Amateur, 1993

First edition. Quarto. 237 pp; color illustrations throughout; bibliography. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/Near Fine, small loss at top edge of pp 121-132 else a near fine copy; jacket has no visible wear. A well-illustrated chronological survey of 20th century of French carpets, including Art Nouveau, Art Deco, as well as paquebots.
Inventory number #013919

Thorne, Edward & Hanry W. Frohne
Decorative Draperies & Upholstery
Grand Rapids, MI: Dean-Hicks Company, 1929

Quarto. xv, 277 pp; illustrated with 74 full-page color plates. Original tan cloth, no dust jacket. VG, a clean copy, unmarked except for old inked price (1.75) on front flyleaf; covers moderately soiled.
Inventory number #013916

Decorative Arts Program of the American Federation of Arts.
Threads of History: the romance of fibers, natural and man-made, and the art of their use in decorative Textiles
NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1965

Square quarto. 53 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; light wear to spine ends & corners.
Inventory number #013494

Percival, MacIver
THE CHINTZ BOOK
London: William Heinemann, 1923

Quarto. xvi, 103 pp + 4 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards & 32 b/w plates; appendix; glossary. Two-tone cloth with paper labels on cover and spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, tight, unmarked copy, incl. covers & paper labels, page edges lightly foxed; jacket with 2 large edge chips & repaired jagged tear on front cover, approx 1-in. loss to spine ends. The book features many examples of English, French and Indian chintz.
Inventory number #013483

Tracy, Berry B. & William H. Gerdts
CLASSICAL AMERICA 1815-1845: An Exhibition at The Newark Museum
Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1963

First edition. Quarto. 212 pp; 295 objects described, many with b/w photographs; bibliography. Cloth in very good+ condition. A crisp, unmarked copy; ;white covers arte clean & bright, spine a biy darkened. Major exhibition catalogue of American decorative and fine arts of this period, with many high-quality examples. Includes furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, wallpaper & textiles, lamps, stoves & clocks, as well as the fine arts.
Inventory number #013418

Yefimova, Louisa & Rina Belogorskaya
RUSSIAN KERCHIEFS AND SHAWLS
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985

Octavo. 166 pp; 100 color plates & b/w illustrations; list of trademarks of the Russian factories. Laminated color-illustrated cover. Near Fine, a clean unmarked copy; Textile Museum label on front flyleaf. This book presents all types of Russian kerchiefs and shawls of the 18th to 20th century. Included are a number of paintings and portraits by Russian & Soviet artists as well as Palekh wooden ware to provide a better idea of the development of this industry.
Inventory number #013352

Battersby, Martin
THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
NY: Walker and Company, 1969

First edition. Quarto. 213 pp; 210 illustrations, some in color; notes on illustrations; list of source books; index. Green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal surface wear, slight toning at top edge. An illustrated survey of the interiors & furnishings, fashion & textiles, decorative & applied arts in France, England and America during the 1920s.
Inventory number #013330

Leon, M. Paul et al
Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs et industriels modernes : Paris 1925 : rapport general. 6, classes 13 et 14. Tissu et Papier
Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1928

Quarto. 102 pp; 96 plates including a few color; bibliography; index of designers & companies; list of plates. Text in French. Original printed wraps in original glassine, printed on velin d'arches with gold & black Art Deco designed endpapers. Near Fine, text pages uncut, light stain in margin of a few early pp, else a crisp; unmarked copy; glassine has closed tear on front cover, minor wear to spine ends.
Inventory number #013108

Tanaka, Toshio & Reiko
A Study of Okinawan Textile Fabrics with Explanatory Notes on Illustrations
Tokyo: Meiji-Shobo, 1952

Quarto. 95-pp text volume, 53 tipped-in color plates contained in folding envelope with title printed on front, all enclosed in a folding portfolio and printed box. Text in Japanese & English. G+/VG- Paper overwrap is torn at the spine, text volume has some tearing at crown, plate wrapper has tearing at the folds. Portfolio boards are a little dingy and have some staining at edges. Slipcase splitting with 1.5- inch loss at top of spine. One plate detached and remounted with clumsy tape repair, also one plate detached but present. Complete.
Inventory number #013020

Walton, Frank L.
TOMAHAWKS TO TEXTILES: The Fabulous Story of Worth Street
NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953

First edition. Octavo. xii, 177 pp plus 19 maps & b/w illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-lettered cover & spine, lacks dustjacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; minor rubbing to spine ends & corners.
Inventory number #012964

Kevorkian, R.H. & Berdj Achdjian
TAPIS ET TEXTILES ARMENIENS
Marseille: Maison armenienne de la jeunesse et de la Culture, 1991

Octavo. 163 pp; 157 color & b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Paperback. VG, Exhibition catalog of Armenian rugs and textiles. Includes early Armenian Apostolic Orthodox/Gregorian Church religious and clerical textiles.
Inventory number #012580

Segal, William C., publisher
GENTRY. Number Eighteen, Spring 1956
Philadelphia, PA: Reporter Publications, 1956

Quarto. 111 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w, some inserts and folding plates. Paperback. Very good, spine lightly rubbed. Complete.
Inventory number #012470

Segal, William C., publisher
GENTRY. Number Eight, Fall 1953
NY: Reporter Publications, 1953

Quarto. 124 pp; profusely illustrated, tipped in color plates, actual fabric samples, inserts. Paperback. VG, top inch of spine torn. Lacks color illustration of horse painting on front cover.
Inventory number #012278

Laver, James
FASHION, ART, AND BEAUTY
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967

Octavo. 152 pp; illustrated in b/w. Paperback. Reprinted from Museum Bulletin Vol XXVI No. 3 November 1967.
Inventory number #011787

Townsend, Chris
RAPTURE: Art's Seduction by Fashion Since 1970
London: Thames & Hudson, 2002

Quarto. 176 pp; illustrated throughout with color photographs. Paperback in as new unread condition.
Inventory number #011776

Bussagli, Mario
La Seta in Italia
Rome: Editalia, 1986

Large quarto. 303 pp; 32 color plates; b/w photographs & illustrations in the text; index of text illustrations; index of plates. Text in Italian. Paper-covered boards in unclipped dustjacket, publisher slipcase. Near Fine in VG jacket, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has small closed tear at base of spine. The entire text of Trattato dell seta was re edited as an appendix.
Inventory number #011692

Dumonthier, Ernest
Etoffes et Tapisseries d'Ameublement des XVIIe et XVIIIe Siecles
Paris: Ch. Massin, n.d.

ca. 1910. Folio. 15 pp; 80 plates, loose as issued. Text in French. Original maroon portfolio, portfolio folds stained, affecting half title upper edge. former owner's firm rubber stamp.
Inventory number #011689