Author: GEFFROY, G.
Title: Les Musées d'Europe: Les Gobelins. Orig. edn.
Description: Paris, Ed. Nilsson, s.d. [circa], 1935. Large square 8°, richly gilt tooled & lettered cloth, gilt tooled spine (faded), 161pp. Front.-plate, 78 plates, many text-ills., some head-&-tail pieces. Covering the history of wall-tapestry of Europe through the ages (esp. french wall-hanging), but also a chapter on tapestry in ancient Greece & Rome, Coptic tapestry, tapestry from China & Egypt. Scarce. A good copy.

Keywords: tapestry wall hangings gobelins history coptic egyptian france china japan greece egypt