Early carpets and tapestries on the Eastern Silk Road / Gloria Gonick
2015, 1st Edition. Woodbridge: ACC Art Books. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #340154
Physical description: 192 pages: illustrations (colour); 30 cm. Summary: A mystifying group of carpets and tapestries, created along the Silk Route over 500 years ago, is the topic of this richly illustrated book. The carpets and tapestries, with riveting yet puzzling designs, have been preserved in closed treasure houses in the former Japanese capital since the 14th to 15th centuries. They are brought out only one day a year for a Shinto-Buddhist festival procession and quickly returned to storage. This book is about their shrouded origin in China, the pariahs who wove them, the meaning of their obscure motifs and the reasons for the secrecy continuing to surround their exhibition. Subjects: Tapestry Silk Road History. Carpets Silk Road History. Tapestry China History 16th century. Tapestry. China. Genre: History. Illustrated.
Price: €40.00