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Dowry: Eastern European Painted Furniture, Textiles & Related Folk Art

Categorie	Meubelen & Interieur
Boeknummer	#362700-AE9
Titel	Dowry: Eastern European Painted Furniture, Textiles & Related Folk Art
Auteur	Longenecker, Martha
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	San Diego, CA : Mingei International Museum
Jaar van uitgave	1999
ISBN10	0914155113
ISBN13	9780914155119
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original red boards, dust jacket, illustrated with colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	Embroidering textiles for dowry and embellishing the home and its furnishings has long been a woman's art in Central and Eastern Europe. This heritage has been passed from mother to daughter for generations in preparation for marriage and raising a family. Through the expressive work of her hands, a young woman and potential bride reveals her character in a silent language of art. It is a practical and frugal art of transforming common materials into extraordinary personal and domestic adornment. This book provides a glimpse into the distinctive beauty of Czech, Slovak and Moravian textiles and Hungarian painted wood furnishings related to the art of the dowry. Their designs relate to the natural beauty and abundant floral and animal life of such regions as the Hungarian Great Plain surrou... (Lees verder)nded by the Carpathian Mountains, as well as to the design influences of the many cultures that have occupied this region.--From publisher description.
Pagina's	112
Conditie	Goed — Still shrinkwrapped.
Prijs	€ 12,50

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