The Weaves of Hand-Loom Fabrics : a classification with historical notes [a pair of books]

Published by The Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 1927

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Primary copy: Black boards with cream paper title label. 64 pp. with 36 bw figures; a heavy rag-paper sheet with a chart of textile classifications (revised 1935 and printed by the Overbrook Press in Connecticut, according to a pencil notation in lower right corner) is laid in. Secondary copy: As the first but with brown cloth tape at spine. (PLEASE SEE COMMENTS ABOUT WHY THERE ARE TWO COPIES BEING SOLD TOGETHER!!). Classification of early hand-loom American fabrics, including cloth, twill, satin, velvet, and brocade. The two copies are nearly identical, but the lesser-quality copy has very interesting marginalia as well as editorial changes to the text. It is obvious that a revised edition was planned, definitely post-1935, but never carried out. The table of textile classifications was bound into the second copy but removed and laid into the primary copy (better condition). No mention of this chart is made in copy listed elsewhere, and it likely was to be included in the revised edition. "The [Philadelphia] Museum [of Art] began as a legacy of the great Centennial Exhibition of 1876, held in Fairmount Park. At the conclusion of the celebrations, Memorial Hall--which had been constructed as the Exhibition's art gallery-- remained open as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art "for the improvement and enjoyment of the people of the Commonwealth.Director Fiske Kimball set the tone for a new era in the 1920s, and the opening of the new building on Fairmount--what is now the Main Building." (from the museum's web site). VG, clean contents; 3-inch split at bottome of front hinge, but binding still secure. Philadelphia Museum of Art ex-lib. with donation bookplate of Fiske Kimball (former director) and his wife. Second copy: Fair; also ex-lib. but with several notations and with a few detached but present pages.…

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Title
The Weaves of Hand-Loom Fabrics : a classification with historical notes [a pair of books]
Author
Reath, Nancy Andrews
Publisher
The Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia
Publication year
1927
Binding
Hardcover
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American Decorative Arts, Needlework - American

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Mullen Books maintains a very active computerized inventory which grows by 2-300 titles per week. Our specialties include the Humanities, with an emphasis on Art, Architecture, Photography, Decorative Arts, History, as well as Periodicals related to those areas. We have very rare as well as fairly common titles. Current inventory is approximately 79,000 titles. We have about 1000' of backlog in our specialties numbering over 30,000 items (including 20,000+ smaller and ephemeral catalogues devoted to individual artist exhibitions). Current stock occupies over 2.3 miles of shelving. We are active buyers as well as very active sellers, and supply entire reference libraries as well as individual titles. We ship books almost everywhere, with the exception of China due to restrictions. Our website mullenbooks.com maintains our entire database of over 150,000 titles dynamically, so you can submit "wants" for books which are listed, but not currently in-stock. It is a major research tool. Despite what Google may indicate, we are only open to visitors by appointment, as our schedules are dynamic depending upon the needs of our valued employees.…

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