Ciba Review No. 60. Roumanian Peasant Textiles

Softcover. Used, good condition, pages beginning to tan. Ciba Review No. 60. Roumanian Peasant Textiles. September 1947, p. 1169 -1204, 40 black and white illustraions, with articles. Kündig, W.: Brief Outlines of Roumanian History Kündig, W.: Roumania (a 5 page summary of its history) Wescher, H: Roumanian Peasant Dress Wescher, H: Embroidery and its Designs Wescher, H: Roumanian and Bessarabian Peasant Carpets Notes (brief paragraphs on the state procession of the Prince of Moldova in the 17th century, the Hora dance, superstition and native costume, burial customs, the 17th century prince Demetrius Cantemir, old dyeing recipes, and ox-cart teams. Ciba Review. By the Swiss dye manufacturer, Chemische Industrie Basel. The company published a booklet series, on dyes, on textiles which could be dyed, and on related, related being very very loosely defined, subjects. Each is about 40 pages long with several articles on the general subject of the issue and with many small black and white illustrations. The tone is semi-scholarly; articles are mostly by academics but designed for the general reader; with bibliographies. These are the original publications by Ciba, not the modern reprints.…