PARACAS EMBROIDERIES A Study of Repeated Patterns

Stafford, Cora E.

Published by J. J. Augustin Publisher, NY, 1941

About this Item

Wear at top and bottom of spine. Internally about fine. Jacket is very, very worn. ; Approx. 140 pages. 31 sepia-tone full-page plates. From the flap: "From a painstaking examination of the perfectly embroidered textiles wrapped around the 429 mummies recently exhumed at the paracas site, the author has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of the early Peruvian culture. The astounding variety in pattern and coloring in these embroideries cannot be overemphasized. We must marvel that a group of Peruvian Indians with very crude equipment did some things better than we can do them. But high aesthetically as Paracas textiles rank even when judged supficially, they have a still more significant value for us which only intensive study reveals: the understanding of the mental processes that produced them and the employment of these ideas in the enrichment of our own culture. Thirty-one beautiful illustrations of embroidered mantles, loin cloths, skirts, mantillas, shawls, etc. , aid us in this fascinating study. " ; 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PARACAS EMBROIDERIES A Study of Repeated Patterns
• Publisher: J. J. Augustin Publisher, NY
• Publication Date: 1941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Poor dust