Embroideries & Patterns from 19th Century Vienna
Serena, Raffaella
ISBN 10: 1851492836 ISBN 13: 9781851492831
Published by ACC Art Books, 2006
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Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks unread. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. Seller Inventory # 208241
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Embroideries and Patterns from 19th Century Vienna is the first book devoted entirely to the petit-point of nineteenth century Vienna. Raffaella Serena surveys samplers motifs and decorative patterns such as garlands, flowers, animals and landscapes. The most significant patterns of the Nowotny collections are integrated with other examples drawn from different sources in order to a give a more rounded and complete historical and stylistic account of the period under consideration.
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Title: Embroideries & Patterns from 19th Century ...
Publisher: ACC Art Books
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Like New
Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
Edition: First Edition.
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Embroideries & Patterns from 19th Century Vienna ; Embroideries & Patterns from Nineteenth Century Vienna from the Nowotny Collection
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Suffolk Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1998
ISBN 10: 1851492836
ISBN 13: 9781851492831
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Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 207. 4to. Publisher's textured ivery boards, gilt lettering to the spine, and front board. Richly illustrated in black-and-white, and colour throughout. No detectable flaws, contents and extremities entirely without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread. This text presents the petit-point of Vienna. It covers samplers, motifs, and decorative patterns such as garlands, flowers, animals and landscapes. It offers an historical and stylistic account of the period under consideration, that of Biedermeier which was at the peak of its influence. Seller Inventory # 5089
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