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Five centuries of tapestry from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Title
Five centuries of tapestry from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / Anna Gray Bennett.
Author
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Publication
San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1992]

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Bennett, Anna G.
Description
xii, 329 pages; 31 cm
Summary
  • The collection of tapestries at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is one of the most important and varied in the country. In Five Centuries of Tapestry, Anna Gray Bennett catalogues one hundred magnificent examples of the art of tapestry, from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Bennett introduces the book with a discussion of the history of tapestry design, weaving techniques, structural aspects of color, and the use of dyes.
  • Each successive section then focuses on an important period in the development of tapestry making, illustrating and explaining the trends and techniques that changed the course of the art. With every page, the rich history of tapestry in the Western world gracefully unfolds, creating a book as intricate, diverse, and informative as its subject.
Subject
  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco > Catalogs
  • Tapestry > San Francisco > Catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Director's Foreword / Harry S. Parker III -- Preface and Acknowledgments / Anna Gray Bennett -- Tapestry Redux / Mark Adams -- History of the Collection -- Design -- Weaving Technique -- Transfer and Orientation of Design -- Color: Structural Aspects -- Pt. 1. Late Medieval Tapestries -- Pt. 2. Sixteenth-Century Tapestries -- Pt. 3. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Tapestries in the Netherlands -- Pt. 4. Seventeenth- to Twentieth-Century Tapestries in France and America -- Pt. 5. Decline and Renewal -- Appendix B: Other Tapestries in the Collection -- Appendix C: Recent Acquisition: May and July from The Twelve Months Series.
ISBN
  • 0811802132 :
  • 081180206X (pbk.) :
LCCN
91046518
OCLC
  • 25048015
  • ocm25048015
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries