PARACAS EMBROIDERIES A Study of Repeated Patterns
Published by J. J. Augustin Publisher, NY, 1941
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Story Shop, Elwood, IN, U.S.A.The Story Shop
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 74.93
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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
- Author
- Stafford, Cora E.
- Publisher
- J. J. Augustin Publisher, NY
- Publication year
- 1941
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Poor dust
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition.
The Story Shop
Elwood, IN, U.S.A.
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