Gillow, John

African Textiles

San Francico, California, Chronicle Books, 2003. Hardcover. Color illustrated dustjacket, black boards with embossed title on cover. (8) 9-240 pp. features many color illustrations. Covering the handmade textiles of West, North, East, Central, and Southern Africa, "African Textiles" outlines the vast array of techniques used, including stripweaving and cut-pile raphia embroidery (methods virtually unique to the continent), tie and dye, stitched resist, applique, beadwork, shell and featherwork. Also explored are the different types of looms, materials and dyes that help to create these sumptuous textiles. In addition, the important influences on textile production---religion, culture, trade, tradition, fashion, and the changing role of women---are explored in each of the different regions of Africa, all with their own particular style. VG+ .

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Book number: 201878

Catalogue: African Decorative Arts

Keywords: African Decorative Arts ; African Textiles ; ; Textiles - African

Maes, J.

Fetischen of Tooverbaelden Uit Kongo

Tervueren, Belgique, Musee du Congo Belge, 1935. Softcover. Tan portfolio wraps with black lettering; 62 pp; 20 bw plates. Text is in Dutch. Fetischen or Tooverbaelden from Congo. Series: Its Annales : Ethnographie. Catalogues illustrés des collections ethnographiques du Musée du Congo Belge. Série VI, Tome II ; Fasc. 1. Good+ (shelfwear and tears to covers, covers loose, pages are clean and clear, all plates are present) .

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Book number: 190174

Catalogue: African Decorative Arts

Keywords: African Decorative Arts ; African Sculpture ; ;

Picken, Mary Brooks

Harmony in Dress

Scranton, PA, Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, 1927. Third Printing. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt and debossed lettering and illustration; vi, 203, xiii pp.; illustrations, color plates, tables. VG (Boards are lightly edgeworn with light bumping/scuffing/smudging; textblock edges are toned and scuffed; interior is clean but lightly toned; binding is solid.) .

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Book number: 200865

Catalogue: African Decorative Arts

Keywords: African Decorative Arts, Clothing and Dress ; Clothing and Dress ; ; Costume / Dress - American

Sotheby's (Firm)

Important Tribal Art: Tuesday, November 14, 1995 - Sale 6773 Kongo

New York, NY, Sotheby's, 1995. Softcover. Pictorial wrap. 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color). "Australian Aboriginal art from a Chicago private collector ; African art from the estate of Anthony Chen ; property of Joanne Coffin Clark ; property from a Belgian private collector ; property from the collection of Arthur and Anne Granick ; property of a New England private collector ; property from the Hemmeter collection ; African art from the estate of B.C. Holland ; property from the collection of Norman Lear, Los Angeles ; African and Oceanic art from the Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls collection of tribal art ; property sold for the benefit of the Mozes S. Schupf Foundation, Inc. ; Property from the collection of Proctor Stafford ; Property of a Danish private collector." Sale results tipped in. Includes bibliographical references. VG, staple mark on front cover. Ex-museum stamps.

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Book number: 182864

Catalogue: African Decorative Arts

Keywords: African Decorative Arts; Sotheby's; Sale 6773 Kongo ; Sale 6773 Kongo ; ; Auction Catalogues - Asian

Vogel, Lucien

Soieries Marocaines Les Ceintures de Fes

Paris, Albert Levy, Editeur, 1921. Folio. Folio. Folded, 4-page title material; folded, 4-page introductory text; 44 loose color plates, each tipped onto card stock; all housed in a decorative board folio with block-print plum motif and lettering. Spine has been replaced with moss green library tape, and new white tie closures secure three sides. Text in French. With an introduction by Vogel. Each plate printed with the main title but with no annotation. Stunning, vivid plates of Moroccan silk belts from Fez. Would look beautiful framed. RISD ex-lib. with spine stickers and plate inside front cover; covers worn but secure; page edges tanned, and card stock for plates becoming brittle at corners; missing plates nos. 23, 24, 41, 42, 44, and 46; Actual plate images are Fine.

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Book number: 147539

Catalogue: African Decorative Arts

Keywords: African Art ; Morrocan Textiles ; ; General Art - African

Wastiau, Boris and Johnathan Watts

Medusa: The African Sculpture of Enchantment

Geneva, Musee d'Ethnographie de Geneve, 2008. Hardcover. Illustrated boards, illustrated dust jacket with tan lettering. 239 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from November 14, 2008 to December 30, 2009. VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp on top text block. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back pasted end page.

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Book number: 169860

Catalogue: African Decorative Arts

Keywords: African Decorative Arts, Masks ; African Masks ; ;