The Tapestry Book
by Helen Churchill Candee
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About this eBook
- Author
- Candee, Helen Churchill, 1861-1949
- Credits
- Produced by Eileen Gormly, Alicia Williams (who did the scanning, image prep, and OCR), Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Tapestry
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 26151
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26151
- Release Date
- July 30, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE TAPESTRY BOOK
- 2.HELEN CHURCHILL CANDEE
- 3.AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE TAPESTRY BOOK
- 6.CHAPTER I — A FOREWORD — THE LOOM — NECESSARY FRENCH TERMS — WORKERS’ FUNCTIONS — WEAVERS — DYERS — GUILDS — GOTHIC PERIOD — RENAISSANCE — FRANCE — AMERICAN INTEREST
- 7.CHAPTER II — ANTIQUITY — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.CHAPTER III — MODERN AWAKENING — FOOTNOTES:
- 9.CHAPTER IV — FIFTEENTH CENTURY IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS — FOOTNOTES:
- 10.CHAPTER V — HIGH GOTHIC
- 11.CHAPTER VI — RENAISSANCE INFLUENCE
- 12.CHAPTER VII — RENAISSANCE TO RUBENS
- 13.CHAPTER VIII — ITALY — FIFTEENTH THROUGH SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES — FOOTNOTE:
- 14.CHAPTER IX — FRANCE — WORKING UP TO GOBELINS FACTORY — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER X — THE GOBELINS FACTORY, 1662
- 16.CHAPTER XI — THE GOBELINS FACTORY ( Continued )
- 17.CHAPTER XII — THE GOBELINS FACTORY ( Continued )
- 18.CHAPTER XIII — THE GOBELINS FACTORY ( Continued )
- 19.CHAPTER XIV — BEAUVAIS
- 20.CHAPTER XV — AUBUSSON
- 21.CHAPTER XVI — SAVONNERIE
- 22.CHAPTER XVII — MORTLAKE — 1619-1703
- 23.CHAPTER XVIII — IDENTIFICATIONS — GOTHIC DRAWING — ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL — GOTHIC FLOWERS — COSTUMES — LETTERING — EARLY BACKGROUNDS — LATER DRAWING
- 24.CHAPTER XIX — IDENTIFICATIONS ( Continued ) — BORDERS — POINT OF INTEREST — COLOURS — HAUTE LISSE — THE WEAVE — COPIES
- 25.CHAPTER XX — BORDERS — FOOTNOTE:
- 26.CHAPTER XXI — TAPESTRY MARKS
- 27.CHAPTER XXII — HOW IT IS MADE
- 28.CHAPTER XXIII — THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY — A. D. 1066
- 29.CHAPTER XXIV — TO-DAY — FRANCE — ENGLAND — AMERICA
- 30.BEST PERIODS AND THEIR DATES
- 31.INDEX
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