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Signs in the designs : blue and white embroideries from China
- Title
- Signs in the designs : blue and white embroideries from China / Michele Nielsen.
- Author
- Nielsen, Michele.
- Publication
- Redlands, CA : San Bernardino County Museum Association, 2004.
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Details
- Description
- 60 p., 12 p. of plates : chiefly ill. (some col.), map; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- San Bernardino County Museum Association quarterly ; vol. 51, no. 4
- Uniform Title
- Quarterly (San Bernardino County Museum Association) ; v. 51, no. 4.
- Alternative Title
- Blue and white embroideries from China
- Subject
- Moncrieff, Virginia > Art collections > Catalogs
- San Bernardino County Museum > Catalogs
- Art objects, Chinese > Private collections > California > Redlands > Catalogs
- Embroidery > Private collections > California > Redlands > Catalogs
- Textile fabrics > Private collections > California > Redlands > Catalogs
- Embroidery > China > California > Redlands > Private collections > Catalogs
- Signs and symbols > China
- Symbolism in art > China
- Decorative arts > Collectors and collecting > United States
- Note
- "Virginia's [i.e., Virginia Moncrieff's] ... collection of textiles, now housed at the San Bernardino County Museum, contains more than one hundred pieces. The ... blue and white embroideries represent the largest number of the artifacts within the collection."--P. 8.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes "Suggested reading" (p. 59).
- Contents
- Brief timeline of contemporary Chinese history -- Virginia Moncrieff and her collection of embroideries -- Embroideries--fabrics, dyes, patterns, artisans -- Symbolism and meaning -- Chinese symbols and their meanings -- Conclusion -- Stitching charts for blue and white Chinese embroideries.
- Call Number
- JQE 05-35
- OCLC
- 56750090
- Author
- Nielsen, Michele.
- Title
- Signs in the designs : blue and white embroideries from China / Michele Nielsen.
- Imprint
- Redlands, CA : San Bernardino County Museum Association, 2004.
- Series
- San Bernardino County Museum Association quarterly ; vol. 51, no. 4Quarterly (San Bernardino County Museum Association) ; v. 51, no. 4.
- Bibliography
- Includes "Suggested reading" (p. 59).
- Research Call Number
- JQE 05-35