Calico Museum (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Staple bound softcover, soiling and sunning to covers with small chip to corner of front cover. Contents clean and tight. 20 pages, color and b&w photos and illus.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Unmarked. Color plates. Features details like ties, cuffs, edges, and so forth. 32p. Measures 8.25x11 inches. The Calico Museum of Textiles was inspired by the pioneering art historian and philosopher Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy. It was his suggestion to Gautam Sarabhai, chairman of the Calico Mills of Ahmedabad, that a textile museum and an institute be founded in the city, as it had been one of India?s leading textile production and trade centers since the 15th century. In 1949, the textile museum was founded by Gautam Sarabhai with the assistance of his sister Gira Sarabhai, and was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, India?s first prime minister.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xix, 159 pages, 80 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 29 cm. Series: Historic textiles of India at the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad, v. 4.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Minor crease to corner. Pages are clean and bright.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Soft cover published by Calico Rock Museum Foundation in 2013. First edition. White glossy pictorial covers. Covers curl up some at the corners. Includes a trifold pamphlet on Historical Sites in Calico Rock, Arkansas. Book is in very good condition. Large 8vo, 228 pages, .9 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 228 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. viii + 397 pages, illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cm. owner's inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. 212 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 x 29 cm. 2nd, revised edition. Series: Studies in contemporary textile crafts of India.

Later printing. 4to. 145 pp. Photographic illustrations in color and black-and-white. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, minimum edgeware, overall very good condition. (124678).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Used, near fine, no internal marks, text block fairly crisp, corners rounded. Dust jacket good: small tear at top of front cover, edges worn. 146 p., 89 illus., 35 in color, 33 x 24.5 cm. A survey of Indian non-rug textiles, based on holdings in the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad; articles on the museum, textile trade, resist-dye fabrics, pigment paintin gs, conservation, designs by Indian, Swiss & English authors. The chapters are Mulk Raj Anand: Introduction Marland Singh: The Story of the Calico Museum Dr. Moti Chandra and Dr. Saryu Doshi: Costumes through the Ages Pupul Jayakar: Indian Textiles through the Centuries MARG: The Romance of the Indo-European Textile Trade Alfred Buhler: Indian Resist-dye Fabrics Anand Krishna: Designs on Patkas Kay Talwar and Kalyan Krishna: Indian Pigment Pantings on Cloth Christopher Cornford: A Visiter views the Calico Museum of Textiles Grace Morley: The Calico Museum - Its Place among World Museums of Textiles O. P. Agrawal: Conservation of Textiles. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. xiii, 284 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 x 22 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket is ripped at the top edge of the spine and shows further wear along the edges. Pages are clean and bright. Firm binding, a tight copy. Boards are very well preserved.