Haynes, Elizabeth
Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union. Vol.1, No.9. Trimmings in the Museum's Collection by Elizabeth Haynes
NY: Cooper Union, 1942

Octavo. pp 327-351; 11 b/w illustrations. Stapled wraps. VG, minor soiling to covers, adhesive residue from price sticker on cover.
Inventory number #009809

Lipmann, Anthony
DIVINELY ELEGANT: The World of Ernst Dryden
London: Pavilion, 1989

First printing. Quarto. 192 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w; bibliography. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. former owner gift inscription on ffep.
Inventory number #009504

Gasthaus, Ruth et al
100 JAHRE TEXTILMUSEUM KREFELD
Krefeld: Stadt, 1980

Octavo. 48 pp; color illustrations throughout. Text in German. Paperback, Very good +, 1-in. vertical strip at spine slightly faded, else a clean, unmarked copy. Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Krefeld Textile Museum, this book illustrates 45 important pieces in the collection, primarily silks and velvets..
Inventory number #009398

Metz, Katharina et al
EUROPEAN TEXTILE DESIGN OF THE 1920'S
Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1999

Quarto. 159 pp; 185 color illustrations; catalogue of textiles; artists' biographies; index of companies, workshops and schools; glossary; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. A fine copy in fine jacket. Outstanding examples of textile art from Germany, Austria, France, Italy and England document general currents in textile design during the twenties.
Inventory number #009383

Jiang, Bizhen
Miao Costumes of Southeast Guizhou
Taipei: Textile and Clothing Graduate Institute, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2000

Quarto. 436 pp; illustrated throughout with full-page color plates and color images in the text. Text in Chinese. Printed silk over boards with illustrated endpapers and gilt titles. Near FIne. An iIllustrated research directory. Scarce copy of this landmark work by the Graduate Institute.
Inventory number #009370

Kitamura, Tetsuro
THE KAMEI COLLECTION: 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN TEXTILES Volume 1: Dyeing, Weaving and Wallpaper
Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1988

Quarto. Unpaginated. 325 plates, some full-page, rest smaller. Paperback with jacket. Fine/Fine. This book illustrates textiles and other specimens selected from over 16,000 pieces collected by Count Koreaki Kamei (1861-1896) while he was studying aesthetics and art history in Germany from 1886 to 1891.
Inventory number #009334

Schoeser, Mary
SANDERSON: The Essence of English Decoration
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2010

First edition. Quarto. 200 pp, with over 200 color illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new copy. For 150 years Sanderson has been at the vanguard of significant movements in European decorative arts, from Arts and Crafts and Art Deco to 1980's country-house style to the vibrant interiors of the twenty-first century. The book features over 200 patterns specially selected from the Sanderson archives and reproduced in color.
Inventory number #009268

AMERICAN FABRICS Number Ten, 2nd Quarter, 1949
NY: Reporter Publications, 1949

Folio. 124 pp; color & illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG. may be missing a swatch or two. Included articles: portfolio of authentic district checks, portfolio of fabric fashions, loom hand-weaving part III
Inventory number #008778

AMERICAN FABRICS Number Eight, 4th Quarter 1948
NY: Reporter Publications, 1948

Folio. 155 pp; color & b/w illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG Trade periodical. Articles in this issue include: the MMA collection of textiles, using apparel woolens in interior design, chinchilla, Christopher Marlowe, moths, block-printed cottons of Jouy, hand-weaving part I of III.
Inventory number #008776

Murphy, Veronica & Rosemary Crill
TIE-DYED TEXTILES OF INDIA: Tradition and Trade
Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 1991

First edition. Quarto. 206 pp; approx 174 color & 14 b/w illustrations; map; appendices; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, short tear at top of jacket spine. This book illustrates 140 key pieces in the collection of Victoria & Albert Museum's Indian Dept. Rosemary Crill discusses the indigenous tradition of tie-dying; Veronica Murphy discusses her pioneering study of the Bengal export trade in tie-dyed handkerchiefs, and their Indian and European imitations.
Inventory number #007215

Cliff, Stafford
ENGLISH STYLE AND DECORATION: A Sourcebook of Original Designs
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008

Quarto. 248 pp, illustrated with over 600 designs, patterns, and settings in color & b/w; bibliography; index. Patterned boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This beautifully illustrated book presents original designs developed in England for almost 3 centuries, beginning in 1700. Included are original sketches and printed patterns for furniture, textiles, flooring, wallpaper, glass, ceramics and household utensils, from doorknobs to tableware to light fittings.
Inventory number #006907

Schoeser, Mary & Celia Rufey
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN TEXTILES from 1790 to the Present
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1989

Quarto. 256 pp; profusely illustrated in color and b/w; bibliography; appendix; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, closed tear on front panel (not visible). Textiles for draperies, upholstery, floor coverings and other applications in homes ranging from palatial to spare. The authors chart the changing tastes and technical innovations of succeeding decades from 1790 to the present day.
Inventory number #005951

Fairclough, Oliver & Emmeline Leary
TEXTILES BY WILLIAM MORRIS and Morris & Co., 1861-1940
London: Thames and Hudson, 1981

Octavo. 117 pp; 24 color & 64 b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG
Inventory number #005384

Witt-Doerring, Christian
JOSEF HOFFMANN INTERIORS 1902-1913
NY: Prestel, 2006

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; illustrated throughout mostly in b/w. Hardcover with dustjacket. Published in conjunction with the Josef Hoffmann exhibition at the Neue Gallerie in NYC from November 2, 2006 to February 26, 2007. Illustrated with color photographs of Hoffmann’s masterpieces -on their own and as parts of interiors- this monograph focuses on significant aspects of Hoffmann’s career: his early years as a member of the Secessionist Movement and founder of the Vienna Workshops, his role in the intellectual rebellion that took place in Austria; and his progression toward a Modernist ethic. It takes readers through four dazzling interiors designed by Hoffmann and furnished with his signature pieces, including furniture, wall and floor coverings, textiles, lighting, ceramics, glassware and metalwork.
Inventory number #004543

Clouzot, Henri & Frances Morris
PAINTED AND PRINTED FABRICS The History of the Manufactory at Jouy and Other Ateliers in France 1760-1815
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927

Edition of 2000 copies. Quarto. xvii, 108 pp; color frontispiece; 92 monochrome plates; brief bibliography; index. Printed cloth. VG, covers are clean and bright. Textiles illustrated were part of the Retrospective Exhibition of Painted and Printed Fabrics at MMA in summer 1927; most are from the Museum's collection. Chapter "Notes on the History of Cotton Printing Especially in England and America" by Frances Morris.
Inventory number #004529

Bayard, Emile
L'ART APPLIQUE FRANCAIS D'AUJOURD'HUI: Meuble, Ferronnerie, Ceramique, Verrerie, Tissus, Etc.
Paris: Ernest Grund, 1926

Quarto. 317 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w photos; index of designers. Text in French. Tan cloth with green-stamped lettering, top edge gilt. Backstrip worn, 3 1/2" split at bottom but holding.
Inventory number #002728

Swan, Susan Burrows
PLAIN & FANCY American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977

First printing. Octavo. 240 pp; profusely illustrated with 42 color & 123 b/w photographs from the collection of the Winterthur Museum. Publisher's red cloth with black-lettered cover & spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, tight, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with minor edgewear. Review slip laid in.
Inventory number #002171

Richter, Anne
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDONESIA
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994

First edition. Square octavo. 160 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; map; glossary; bibliography. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. This book features the diversity of Indonesian decorative arts - textiles and beading, wood and horn carvings, pottery ranging from simple cooking pots to elaborate terracotta modeling, jewelry and metalwork, masks and puppets, and baskets.
Inventory number #000717

Haldane, Jack & James Hawkins
AMERICAN APPROACH TO ANTIQUE CARPETS Vol. 2
NY: Stark Carpet, 1993

Quarto. 314 pp; 126 full-page color plates of carpets plus several color photos of interiors of houses in the Britain and the U.S. Black cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. VG/VG, jacket lightly rubbed. The book presents the 1993 Y & B Bolour Collection of primarily 19th and early 20th century carpets. Vol. 2 shows color plates of 6 Savonnerie, 38 Aubusson, 6 Axminster, 10 Arts & Crafts, 4 Bessarabian, 17 Indian, and 27 Persian carpets. Also color plates of 11 needlework and 7 tapestry -- mid & late 19th C.
Inventory number #000506