Carpets And Rugs Of Europe And America.

SHERRILL, Sarah B.

ISBN 10: 1558593837 / ISBN 13: 9781558593831

Published by New York.: Abbeville Press, [1996]., 1996

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4to. pp. 463, [1]. 477 illus. (many colour, some full-page). 2 maps. biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.

Seller Inventory # RERrpSHE57

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carpets And Rugs Of Europe And America.
• Publisher: New York.: Abbeville Press, [1996].
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558593837
• ISBN 13: 9781558593831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Textiles

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Synopsis

In this comprehensive volume, Sarah Sherrill examines Western carpet design and production from the Middle Ages to the present, in styles that range from magnificent palatial creations to delightful folk designs. With hundreds of dazzling illustrations, Sherrill's authoritative text includes chapters on Moorish weavers and the golden age of carpets in Spain; the exquisite carpets of the Savonnerie, Aubusson, and Beauvais in France; productions from Moorfields, Exeter, and Axminster in England; the intriguing but little-studied rugs of Eastern European countries; the charming and resourceful rugs of America; and an important chapter on modern designs that offers an extensive survey of rugs created by leading artists and architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sherrill's stimulating text, based on years of research, brims with interesting new findings, not only on the history and design of these works, but also technological developments that had an often unrecognized effect on rug design and production.

About the Author

Sarah B. Sherrill is on the faculty of The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts in New York.