Decorative Arts
AFRICAN PRINT - A TEXTILE STORY, MADE IN KYOTO
Written by 並木誠士
Made in Kyoto for Africa.「太陽の文様」、「カシューナッツ」、「不思議な幾何学文様」アフリカの人々の日常に欠かせないあの鮮やかな布たちが、京都でつくられていた!大同マルタ染工のテキスタイルコレクション。
COPPER, IRON, AND CLAY: A SMITH'S JOURNEY
Written by Dahmen, Sara
A gorgeous, full-color illustrated love letter to our most revered cookware--copper pots, cast-iron skillets, and classic stoneware--and the artistry and workmanship behind them, written by an expert craftsperson, perhaps the only woman coppersmith in America.Today, most people are concerned about eating seasonal, organic, and local food.
DAVID WISEMAN
Written by Wiseman, David
An intimate look at this highly acclaimed and popular L.A.-based contemporary designer and artist, who marries old-world techniques with a modern twist, and is best known for his exquisite craftsmanship and detailed creations in bronze, porcelain, and crystal. David Wiseman is one of the leading American designers of his generation.
HANNAH RYGGEN: WOVEN MANIFESTOS
Discover the tapestries of Hannah Ryggen, one of the most influential Scandinavian artists of the 20th century. Hannah Ryggen created numerous monumental tapestries in her lifetime. Originally trained as a painter, Ryggen began weaving on a standing loom on her self-sufficient farm on the West coast of Norway.
PATTERNS OF INDIA: A JOURNEY THROUGH COLORS, TEXTILES, AND THE VIBRANCY OF RAJASTHAN
Written by Chitnis, Christine
It's the trip of a lifetime--a textile-based tour of colorful Rajasthan, India featuring more than 200 lush photographs depicting everday life in one of the most vibrant regions in the world. Patterns of India is a visual experience that offers intimate insights into the diverse and richly hued Western Indian culture.
CHAUMET: TIARAS
Written by Phillips, Clare
Founded in 1780 in Paris, Chaumet became the most prestigious and sought-after jeweler in Europe after being named the official jeweler to Napoleon's wife, Empress Joséphine. Known for dazzling craftmanship, Chaumet specialized in tiaras.
RETRO WATCHES: THE MODERN COLLECTORS' GUIDE
Written by Greenblatt, Mitch
What you wear on your wrist can be more than merely functional. Eschewing the common categories of the "classics," the ostentatiously high-priced, and the "blingy," this book brings together individualist pieces that few have seen and even fewer own.
GRAYSON PERRY
Written by Klein, Jacky
Grayson Perry, renowned for his ceramic vases decorated with shocking, unconventional imagery, rose to fame in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize. Since then, Perry has remained an important voice in the arts and the contemporary discussion of gender--in 2016, he published the critically acclaimed book The Descent of Man.
VOYSEY'S BIRDS AND ANIMALS
Written by Livingstone, Karen
Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) is, with William Morris, one of the most enduringly popular designers of the Arts and Crafts Movement. A practicing architect, Voysey also designed a broad range of applied arts objects, from furniture, ceramics, and metalwork to wallpaper, carpets, tiles, and fabrics.
EARLY ISLAMIC TEXTILES FROM ALONG THE SILK ROAD: THE AL-SABAH COLLECTION, KUWAIT
Written by Spuhler, Friedrich
The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, holds a spectacular array of ancient textiles created in Islamic lands, mostly from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries, and traded along the Silk Road, the network of ancient trade routes that linked China, Central Asia, and Byzantium for more than 1,500 years.
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