This illustrated book tells the story of artists Brad Davis and Janis Provisor and their discovery of the ancient practice of carpet weaving in China. This book provides a fascinating look at the intricate transformation of a watercolor painting to a beautiful silk carpet, examining the step-by-step process that led to a revolutionary "painterly" style in modern carpet design and manufacture. This volume offers beautifully photographed and printed views of these sumptuous carpets in rooms desi...
It is illustrated with over 80 colorful examples, fine ethnographic photographs, and drawings that explain structural features and designs.
Carpets and Their Dating in Netherlandish Paintings, 1540-1700
by Onno Ydema
This book discusses the connection between the process of early carpet dating and European paintings of the 16th and 17th century. It includes nearly a thousand examples of carpet types which are discussed according to places of origin: Anatolia, Persia, India and Egypt. As early as the 14th century carpets were traded from the Near East to Western Europe. This book focuses on the intersection of two civilizations: Islamic textile art in the form of carpets and Western European painting. Carpets...
Oriental Rugs is a simple but serious introduction to the infinite variety of oriental rugs available, giving a comprehensive view in a well-organised, easily followed fashion. Nothing adds more character and distinction to even the smallest of rooms than an oriental rug. But the vast choice and the difficulty of assessing value frequently intimidates the inexperienced purchaser. Oriental Rugs offers valuable practical guidance on the different types of rug for everyday furnishing purposes, th...
The Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames
by Robert Crouch, Robert Prentice, and David Allen
Bullet Journal (Floral Bullet Journals, #1) (Pretty Bullet Journals, #1)
by Dot Grid and Jolly Journals
Adults Cuss and Color Mandala Patterns Design Swear Word Coloring Book
by Tom Dickson
Recipes Journal (My Favorite Recipes Blank Cookbook Recipe 110-Recipe Journal and Organizer, #1)
by Minnie D White
Samplers have a long history in Britain, dating from the sixteenth century. They were originally a collection of patterns gathered together for easy reference to be used in embroidery and needlepoint lace. Later they developed into a schoolgirl's exercise and today they are more often used to record stitches than patterns. This book traces the history of samplers in Britain from the late sixteenth century onwards and includes examples of long, darning, map, school, stitch and plain sewing sample...
Recipe Blank Journal (Write Your Own Cookbook Book, #5)
by Tim Star Beautiful
Bear with Me (12-Month Planners, #5)
by Animal Instincts and Pretty Planners