Threads power lace textilmuseum (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The item is brand new, never used or read. It's in perfect condition and may include supplements and/or access codes or come shrink-wrapped.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. 2022. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth-backed pictorial boards (Fine in protective cover). Pp. 418, illus with b&w and coloured photos (no inscriptions).

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 400 pages. 10.00x8.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A New York Times best art book of 2022 Traces the history of lace in fashion from its sixteenth-century origins to the present Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilmuseum St. Gallen offers a look at one of the world's finest collections of historical lace. It traces the development of European lace from its emergence in the sixteenth century to the present, elucidating its important role in fashion. The book explores the longstanding connections between lace and status, addressing styles in lace worn at royal courts, including Habsburg Spain and Bourbon France, as well as lace worn by the elite ruling classes and Indigenous peoples in the Spanish Americas. Featuring new research, the publication covers a range of topics related to lace production, lace in fashion and portraiture, lace revivals, the mechanization of the lace industries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and contemporary innovations in lace. With a focus on lace techniques, women lace makers, and lace as a signifier of wealth and power, this richly illustrated book includes wide-ranging contributions by curators and experts from major museums and academic institutions. Distributed for Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Schedule: Bard Graduate Center, New York (September 16, 2022-January 1, 2023).…