A major profile of one of the greatest textile designers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, this compelling written beautifully illustrated book juxtaposes over forty of Larsen's most innovative textile designs with treasures of world and contemporary arts from his own collections that have helped to inspire them.
Alexander Girard (1907-1993) amassed the largest cross-cultural folk art collection in the world. To date over a million visitors have flocked to the folk art museum in Santa Fe to savour and take delight in the bright and beautiful objects that inspired the renowned architect and designer. Girard was captivated by the 'handcrafted' cultures of ...
Textile designer and weaver Jack Lenor Larsen reflects on his life and career in this illustrated memoir. From the post-war design scene to anecdotes about his collaborators I.M. Pei, Louis Kahn and Edward Larrabee Barnes, this is an account also covers Larsen's accomplishments as a gardener and garden designer, patron of younger artists and an ...
Stanley Marcus was known the world over as an innovative marketer and retailer with a refined sense of taste and style whose leadership transformed his family's Dallas clothing store, Neiman Marcus, into a globally recognized arbiter of fashion. However, his refined sensibility was also expressed in a very private passion for photography, shared ...
World-renowned textile designer and weaver Jack Lenor Larsen reflects on his extraordinary life and career in this beautifully illustrated memoir. A graduate of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Larsen founded his own textile design company in 1953. Today, the Larsen name is synonymous with exquisite woven fabrics, epitomizing the point at which ...
The first book devoted to traditional African crafts which covers all of Africa and treats an extraordinary variety of articles: household objects, weapons, jewelry, textiles, musical instruments devotional items. A must for all the readers interested in Africa and its rich cultural heritage but also an inspirational source for designers and ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ABRAMS
Date Published: 09/1998
ISBN-13:9780810935891ISBN:0810935899
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry Abrams
Date Published: 1998
Description: There is some minor dampstaining to the cover and a few initial pages in the text, mainly a fine clean copy. 8vo. cloth. Art. Color plates. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday 1967
Date Published: 1967
Description: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. Hardcover book very good + / dust jacket edge wear/tear in new protective cover. Textiles, weaving, fiberarts. read more
Binding: PB
Publisher: Hurlbutt Gallery
Date Published: (1989)
Description: B&W illustrations. very good++, wraps (softcover) 12pp. Catalogue of the exhibition of Helena Hernmarck's tapestries held at the Hurlbutt Gallery of the Greenwich, Connecticut Library from May 4-June 15, 1989. read more
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