Tapestry : : The Mirror of Civilization / / Phyllis Ackerman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ackerman, Phyllis,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (551 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF PLATES --; Chapter I. The Ancient East and the Egyptian Tapestries --; Chapter II. The Empires of Rome --; Chapter III. The Norsemen and Their Descendants --; Chapter IV. The Fourteenth Century --; Chapter V. The Fifteenth Century --; Chapter VI. The Fifteenth Century Weavers and Designers --; Chapter VII. The Tapestry of the Reign of Marguerite of Austria --; Chapter VIII. The Fontainebleau Looms --; Chapter IX. The Flemish Renaissance --; Chapter X. Catherine De' Medici and Henri III --; Chapter XI. Rubens and the Seventeenth Century --; Chapter XII. The Lesser Looms --; Chapter XIII. The Far and Middle East --; Chapter XIV. Peru and Mexico --; Chapter XV. The Period of Louis XIV --; Chapter XVI. The Period of Louis XV --; Chapter XVII. The Tapestries of Goya --; Chapter XVIII. The Nineteenth Century --; Appendix I. The Technique and Aesthetic of Tapestry --; Appendix II. Guild Regulations --; Appendix III. Some Collectors and Collections --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463228934; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463228934
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Phyllis Ackerman.

A history of tapestry from its Egyptian origins up to the author’s day.