Author: Rouget de Lisle, A.
Title: Chromagraphie de Rouget de Lisle
Description: Paris, The Author, 1839. Hardcover. Bound in half burgundy cloth boards and burgundy marble paper boards; (7, 16, 12, 8) pages in various pagings, 9 hand colored folded leaves, 6 bw folded plates, bw illustrations throughout. Original tan covers bound in with bw illustrations. Text in French. Chromagraphy of Rouget de Lisle. Premiere Partie, Du Colori's applique aux Modeles de Tapisseries et Tapis. Deuxieme Partie, Couleurs et Materiaux du Dessinateur-Coloriste et du Fabricant de Tapisseries et Tapis. Troisieme Partie, Procede de Composition et de Reproduction des Dessins pour la Broderie et la Tapisserie a l'aide des Signes Chromatiques qui Indiquent les Matieres Colorees que l'on Doit Employer Pour en Imiter les Nuances. Quatrieme Partie, Tapisseries a L'instar de Celles des Gobelins et de Beauvais. Tapis a l'instar de Ceux de Perse et de la Savonnerie. A later printing of this was embellished with a color-wheel, but not this edition. As-Is (Complete but in need of rebounding, warped boards, light scuffing overall, age toning throughout with some soiling,) .

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Tapestries; Carpets; Rugs ; ; Textiles - European


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