Author: Vogel, Lucien
Title: Soieries Marocaines Les Ceintures de Fes
Description: 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.

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


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