Renaissance velvets / Lisa Monnas
- Author:
- Monnas, Lisa
- Published:
- London : V&A Pub., 2012. and New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams.
- Edition:
- Hardback ed.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Contents:
- Velvet weaving in Europe and Ottoman Turkey. Italy ; Spain ; France ; Ottoman and Italian velvets -- How velvet is made. Plain velvet ; Figured velvet ; Brocaded velvet ; Printed velvet -- The weavers and their pay -- Quality control. Guild inspections and fraud ; Colour and dyestuffs ; Selvedges -- Design -- Marketing -- Consumption -- The perception of velvet -- Catalogue.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781851776566 and 1851776567
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
View MARC record | catkey: 9179732