This volume, the tenth to be published in a projected series of sixteen, catalogues the European textiles and objects made of fabric in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Robert Lehman and his father, Philip Lehman, purchased textiles with the same well-trained eyes they used to acquire paintings, drawings, and decorative arts in general. Among the most distinguished and widely admired objects in the Collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders and four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection. The Collection also includes a great number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in a vast array of techniques and styles that span more than six centuries. Many of these textiles were used to decorate the Lehman town house in Manhattan, as hangings, covers, or upholstery. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historical fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and for scholars and laymen alike they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared.
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. First edition. 4to. Cloth binding, 300 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and duotones. In 149 color plates and 222 duotones, this volume catalogs more than 250 textiles and objects made of fabric, many of which were used as hangings, covers, or upholstery to decorate the Lehman town house in Manhattan. Some of the most distinguished and historically significant objects in the collection are here, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley, arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection, and two series of embroidered roundels from 15th-century Flanders illustrating episodes from the lives of Saint Martin and Saint Catherine. This book is part of a series of beautifully produced and illustrated volumes examining in depth the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 017543
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. First edition. 4to. Cloth binding, 320 pp. Illustrated throughout in color New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 019149
Book Description Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 320 pp. This volume, the tenth to be published in a projected series of sixteen, catalogues the European textiles and objects made of fabric in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Robert Lehman and his father, Philip Lehman, purchased textiles with the same well-trained eyes they used to acquire paintings, drawings, and decorative arts in general. Among the most distinguished and widely admired objects in the Collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders and four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection. The Collection also includes a great number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in a vast array of techniques and styles that span more than six centuries. Many of these textiles were used to decorate the Lehman town house in Manhattan, as hangings, covers, or upholstery. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historical fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and for scholars and laymen alike they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared. New in new dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 017842
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