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A Century Of Carpet And Rug Making In America
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Author : Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
A Century Of Carpet And Rug Making In America written by Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Carpets categories.
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Author : Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-08
A Century Of Carpet And Rug Making In America written by Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-08 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Excerpt from A Century of Carpet and Rug Making in America: 1825-1925 Hieroglyphic representations of carpets and weavers have been found in Egypt, where began the world's first known civilization, yet many designs always present in Turkish and Persian carpets, even down to modern examples, can be found in the carvings of the temples of Yucatan, temples that were constructed when Egypt was an undiscovered waste-land, and Babylon a wooded spot between two rivers. With the exception of the myths and the more enduring representations in stone on the rock-cut tombs of Beni Hasan, and a few frail fragments of tapestry occasionally unearthed from Egyp tian ruins, the first widespread knowledge of the carpet came from the East - from Persia, from India, and from Turkey. The organized manufacture of Oriental carpets is a comparatively new phase of the industry. For centuries they were wovenin the homes by domestic labor. The women of the tribes gathered around the looms while the head woman made a rough design upon the ground and apportioned the wool, sometimes chanting in weird singsong the number and the color of the stitches. It was the task of the men to make the dyes, to gather alizarin roots, seeds, herbs, nuts, and berries, from which natural sources literally thousands of shades of one color could be derived. With these simple materials they produced rare shades ranging from the poignant red of spilt wine to the delicate pink of a faded rose, from the pastel green of the spring's first birch tree to the living green of the laurel leaf - colors which We know not in our day, like the undiscovered purple made from Mediterranean shellfish, which was probably a glowing crimson, and was the chosen color of royalty. The earliest known carpets of the Orient possessed a flat surface, rather than the velvety face of the cut or loop-pile. Such were the carpets of Soumaki*, a no longer existing Khanate west of Shirvan. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Century Of Carpet And Rug Making In America
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Author : Alexander N. Cook
language : en
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Release Date : 2020-06
A Century Of Carpet And Rug Making In America written by Alexander N. Cook and has been published by Alpha Edition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06 with History categories.
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
American Rugs
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Author : Estelle H. Ries
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-07-01
American Rugs written by Estelle H. Ries and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-01 with categories.
European And American Carpets And Rugs
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Author : Cornelia Bateman Faraday
language : en
Publisher: ACC Distribution
Release Date : 1990
European And American Carpets And Rugs written by Cornelia Bateman Faraday and has been published by ACC Distribution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Carpets categories.
A fascinating account, written in the late 1920s and now with an additional 100 colour plates. Includes the history and development of carpet making skills in all the major European countries and America and contains many important contemporary Art Deco designer rugs.
Rag Rugs Of England And America
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Author : Emma Tennant
language : en
Publisher: Walker Books Limited
Release Date : 1992
Rag Rugs Of England And America written by Emma Tennant and has been published by Walker Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
A full-colour survey of rag rugs, fashioned from the remnants women have found to hand in their daily lives, in the last two centuries.
Hooked Rugs
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Author : Cynthia Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Hooked Rugs written by Cynthia Fowler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Art categories.
Through a close look at the history of the modernist hooked rug, this book raises important questions about the broader history of American modernism in the first half of the twentieth century. Although hooked rugs are not generally associated with the avant-garde, this study demonstrates that they were a significant part of the artistic production of many artists engaged in modernist experimentation. Cynthia Fowler discusses the efforts of Ralph Pearson and of Zoltan and Rosa Hecht to establish modernist hooked rug industries in the 1920s, uncovering a previously undocumented history. The book includes a consideration of the rural workers used to create the modernist narrative of the hooked rug, as cottage industries were established throughout the rural Northeast and South to serve the ever increasing demand for hooked rugs by urban consumers. Fowler closely examines institutional enterprises that highlighted and engaged the modernist hooked rugs, such as key exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1930s and '40s. This study reveals the fluidity of boundaries among art, craft and design, and the profound efforts of a devoted group of modernists to introduce the general public to the value of modern art.
Carpets And Rugs Of Europe And America
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Author : Sarah B. Sherrill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Carpets And Rugs Of Europe And America written by Sarah B. Sherrill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Filled with hundreds of gorgeous examples, this book is a comprehensive study of European and American carpets and rugs from the Middle Ages to the present day. The rich and inventive tradition of European and American carpets continues to inspire artists, designers, and decorators, while collectors and historians increasingly value carpets as important works of art. In this comprehensive volume, Sarah Sherrill examines Western carpet design and production from the Middle Ages to the present, in styles that range from magnificent palatial creations to delightful folk designs. With hundreds of dazzling illustrations, Sherrill's authoritative text includes chapters on Moorish weavers and the golden age of carpets in Spain; the exquisite carpets of the Savonnerie, Aubusson, and Beauvais in France; productions from Moorfields, Exeter, and Axminster in England; the intriguing but little-studied rugs of Eastern European countries; the charming and resourceful rugs of America; and an important chapter on modern designs that offers an extensive survey of rugs created by leading artists and architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sherrill's stimulating text, based on years of research, brims with interesting new findings, not only on the history and design of these works, but also technological developments that had an often unrecognized effect on rug design and production. Supplementing the hundreds of reproductions of carpets are many views of the lavish rooms for which they were designed, as well as brilliant watercolor carpet designs, technical drawings clarifying weave and knot structures, and maps, making this an indispensable resource for historians, collectors, and anyone interested in beautiful furnishings and textiles. Sarah B. Sherrill, an authority on Western and Eastern carpets and rugs, has published many articles on the subject over the last two decades. She is on the faculty of The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts in New York and has taught in the graduate program in the history of decorative arts at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum/Parsons School of Design in New York. She is editor in chief of The Bard Graduate Center's journal Studies in the Decorative Arts and was an editor for over twenty years at the magazine Antiques. 400 illustrations
Carpet Capital
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Author : Randall L. Patton
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2003-12-01
Carpet Capital written by Randall L. Patton and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-01 with History categories.
After World War II, the carpet industry came to be identified with the Dalton region of northwest Georgia. Here, entrepreneurs hit upon a new technology called tufting, which enabled them to take control of this important segment of America’s textile industry, previously dominated by woven-wool carpet manufacturers in the Northeast. Dalton now dominates carpet production in the United States, manufacturing 70 percent of the domestic product, and prides itself as the carpet capital of the world. Carpet Capital is a story of revolutionary changes that transformed both an industry and a region. Its balanced and candid account details the rise of a home-grown southern industry and entrepreneurial capitalism at a time when other southern state and local governments sought to attract capital and technology from outside the region. The book summarizes the development of the American carpet industry from the early nineteenth century through the 1930s. In describing the tufted carpet boom, it focuses on Barwick Mills, Galaxy Mills, and Shaw Industries as representative of various phases in the industry’s history. It tells how owners coordinated efforts to keep carpet mills unorganized, despite efforts of the Textile Workers Union of America, by promoting a vision of the future based on individual ambition rather than collective security. Randall L. Patton and David B. Parker show that Dalton has evolved in much the same way as California’s Silicon Valley, experiencing both a rapid expansion of new firms started by entrepreneurs who had apprenticed in older firms and an air of cooperation both among owners and between mills and local government. Their close examination of this industry provides important insights for scholars and business leaders alike, enhancing our appreciation of entrepreneurial achievement and broadening our understanding of economic growth in the modern South.
Art And The Empire City
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2000
Art And The Empire City written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art, American categories.
Presented in conjunction with the September 2000 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, this volume presents the complex story of the proliferation of the arts in New York and the evolution of an increasingly discerning audience for those arts during the antebellum period. Thirteen essays by noted specialists bring new research and insights to bear on a broad range of subjects that offer both historical and cultural contexts and explore the city's development as a nexus for the marketing and display of art, as well as private collecting; landscape painting viewed against the background of tourism; new departures in sculpture, architecture, and printmaking; the birth of photography; New York as a fashion center; shopping for home decorations; changing styles in furniture; and the evolution of the ceramics, glass, and silver industries. The 300-plus works in the exhibition and comparative material are extensively illustrated in color and bandw. Oversize: 9.25x12.25". Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR