A Taste for the Exotic
Foreign Influences on Early Eighteenth Century Silk Designs
1st Edition
Published on 28. April 2007
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226 pages
978-3-905014-30-3 (ISBN)
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Description
The papers assembled in this publication were presented during a colloquium held at the Abegg-Stiftung in the year 2005. They include contributions on textile decorations at the courts of France and Spain, the silk designer and entrepreneur Philippe de Lasalle, Russian copies of French silks, British state beds, as well as Oriental carpets and Chinese painted silks.