The fine art of textiles
Subtitle: the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
By: Dilys E. Blum ; color photography by Lynn Rosenthal.
Contributors: Blum, Dilys, 1947-
Publisher: The Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Catalogs.; Textile fabrics -- Catalogs.; Textile fabrics -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Catalogs.
Description: "Nearly four hundred textiles from East and West are reproduced in full color in this handbook of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's encyclopedic collections, which cover a broad range of geographic areas, periods, and techniques."--BOOK JACKET. "Each chapter is introduced by a brief history of that particular aspect of the museum's collections, placing it within the context of textile scholarship and collecting in the United States and Europe."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-208)