Maeder Edward an Elegant Art Fashion and Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century Los Angeles 1983

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Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. 255 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Tight bounden, clean pages. A hint of very calorie-free shelf wearable, with light spotting to top edge, otherwise an excellent copy. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library.; 4to - over ix 3/four" - 12" tall.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Skilful +. 54 color & over 150 b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Offset Edition. Slight fading to spine; slight rubbing to wrappers; else a almost fine copy internally. 255 pages. Catalogue of the museum's exhibition, March - June 1983, taken from LACMA'southward drove of costumes and textiles. Foreword by Earl A. Powell III; editor'south preface and acknowledgments; essays by Maeder and 6 others; appendix (on costume and material conservation), selected glossary and 9-part bibliography.
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18th century costume and dress reflected the aristocracy and upper class' clamorous desire to reverberate its position and status within society and culminated in a gold historic period of dress (and the eventual downfall or limitation of aristocracy), 255 pages., illustrated. Light grit soiling along folio edges (not bear upon text or margins) otherwise a clean, unmarked, complete very practiced paperback book in decorative wrappers (soft cover book).
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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Large paperback in fair status. Slight water impairment to book.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 252 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Exhibition held March 8 to June two, 1983. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Historic period toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Drawn from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection of Costumes and Textiles. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Earl A. Powell, Iii; Preface and Acknowledgements, by Edward Maeder; The Elegant Fine art of Dress, by Edward Maeder; The Elegant Fine art of Movement, by Alicia M. Annas; The Elegant Art of Woven Silk, by Natalie Rothstein; The Elegant Art of Embroidery, by Nikki Scheuer; The Elegant Art of Lace, past Anne Ratzki-Kraatz; The Elegant Art of Tapestry, past Anna G. Bennett; The Elegant Fine art of Fancy Clothes, by Aileen Ribeiro; Catalogue; Appendix: Costume and Textile Conservation; Selected Glossary: Eighteenth-Century Costume and Textile Terms; Bibliographies; Trustees and Supervisors. Size: 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue.
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Paperback. Condition: Every bit New. Start Edition. Perfect bound illustrated boards, pristine. Book is firm in bounden, b&west and color plates. Exhibition catalogue for permanent collection of costumes, accessories, and textiles from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Exhibition guide laid in. Essays on lace, tapestries, silk, embroidery, fancy dress. Glossary of 18th-century costume and textile terms. Gratis of any markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - ten" tall; 251 pages.
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PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. 1ST. INSCRIBED & SIGNED Past AUTHOR: "TO I. MCCABE ELLIOTT, WITH ALL All-time WISHES.". INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY Author.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Skillful. 255 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text costless of markings. Possessor's faint blind postage stamp lower correct corner front end end newspaper.
Couverture souple. Condition: Tr�due south bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Tr�southward bon. Edition originale. An Elegant Art.Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century,organized by Edward Maeder.Los Angeles and New York Pages 252 ills. paper catalogue exhibition - Language : english text - Codice articolo 011588.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Spine faded, otherwise in very good status.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. Cerise cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 252 pp.; 58 color plates, 210 bw illus. Includes several essays, from "The Elegant Art of Dress" to "The Elegant Art of Tapestry", as well every bit an appendix of costume and textile conservation and a glossary of eighteenth-century costume and textile terms.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Skilful. Open copy. Interior pages in very dainty status. Book has minor shelf wear. Fading along spine. Sold as is.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Status: Fair. First Edition. 255 pages. Glossary. Bibliographies. 268 Illustrations, including 58 plates in full color. "Ravishing silks, rustling taffetas, cool linens, intricate laces, and glowing embroideries, all created for beautiful women and ambitious men of the Age of Enlightenment, come up to life in this elegant volume. Includes a catalogue of more 400 objects from the Los Angeles Canton Museum of Art. Every entry is fully documented - country of origin, date, materials, dimensions, and previous publications and exhibitions." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Bounden intact. Above-average vesture. A sound re-create of this informative and visually highly-seasoned work.