BRANTING, AGNES & LINDBLOM, ANDREAS:

Medeltida vävnader och broderier i Sverige. Two volumes. Uppsala & Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksells förlag, 1928-9.

. Large Folio. Pp. 132, xxvi + 110 plates; 105, xxx + 110 plates. Publisher's cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, otherwise uncut. First edition, limited to 100 copies of which this is no. 54. A very impressive and comprehensive work on the most important medieval textiles and embroideries preserved in Sweden. The first volume deals with Swedish works and the second foreign objects. Each item has been carefully described and accompanied by a beautiful illustration, some in colour. Agnes Branting (1862-1930) was a textile artist who became an expert on ancient church tapestries in Sweden. A pristine copy.

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Book number: 120210

Catalogue: Textile Sweden

Keywords: Textile Sweden, weaving, textile, issue, fabrics, sweden, swedish, ancient, medieval, medeltida, vävnader, tapestry, tapestriesembroidery