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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

A history of tapestry from its Egyptian origins up to the author's day.

Excerpt from Wallpaper: Its History, Design and UseMr. Walter Palch gave sympathetic help in assembling the material on modernist papers and I have had indispensable assistance throughout from Arthur Upham Pope.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technolo...

Excerpt from Wallpaper: Its History, Design and UseMr. Walter Palch gave sympathetic help in assembling the material on modernist papers and I have had indispensable assistance throughout from Arthur Upham Pope.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technolo...

Catalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European Tapestries is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as anti...

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European TapestriesFrom the xivth to the end of the xvth century was the Gothic period. Then tapestry was at its greatest height. More of the requisites of its design were met, and met more adequately and more naturally, than by any subsequent school of designers or any looms. As illustration, the tapestry of the Gothic period is inter esting, Vivid, and provocative. The stories an...

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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Retrospective Loan Exhibition of European TapestriesVirtually, every loom of importance in France, Flanders, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, England, and Russia is here represented by historically famous pieces Which run the entire gamut of subjects that engaged the interest of the most celebrated designers and weavers of each epoch, from allegorical, classical, histoi'ical, and mythological to genre subjects, landsc...

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Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age - the Humanist era of Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Veronese - and examines each of the villas, churches and palaces in turn and tries to penetrate to the heart of the Palladian miracle. Palladio's theoretical writings are important and illuminating, he suggests, yet they never do justice...