Textile Designs. Two Hundred of European and American Patterns for Printed Fabrics Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period.

I ed. Testo in inglese americano. In-4, pp. 464, brossura con risvolti illustrata a colori con un motivo a bolli-campioni tessuti. With 1,823 Illustrtions in Color (the majority of designs in this book are from the collections of Susan Meller, The Design Library, new York). Designers: Joost Elffers, Susan Meller, Darilyn Lowe Carnes, Michael J. Walsh (paperback cover). Stato buono-ottimo Contents: Photograph Credits - Preface - Acknowledgements - Key to Captions - Explanations of Terms - Introduction (The Ghost Artist - The Weave of Words - The Recicling Wheel - A Clash of Symbols - The Swatch Book (or pattern book) - Pattern Politics - The Superfluos Necessity - Families - Countries - Dates - Printing Techniques - Usage).--- Floral - Geometric - Conversational - Ethnic - Art Movements and Period Styles --- Bibliography - Index - Contents and Brief Introduction in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.