Toiles for All Seasons: French & English Printed Textiles [Hardcover]

Starr Siegle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 2004

This book focuses specifically on the early scenic, copperplate and engraved roller printed furnishing fabrics, the rich complexity of their designs, and some of the fascinating stories their pictures reveal.

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About the Author

Starr Siegle is Adjunct Curator of Prints at the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, and a former Research Scholar for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing (December 10, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593730306
• ISBN-13: 978-1593730307
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #908,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars textile history, April 6, 2008

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This review is from: Toiles for All Seasons: French & English Printed Textiles (Hardcover)

As a lover of toiles and their history this is a most useful book.It can be a little technical but if you are interested in the history of printed textiles this is a must

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Toiles for all seasons: Elegant text, illustrations lack quality, October 20, 2008

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This elegant little book presents a thorough overview of the relationship between European copperplate- and roller-printed cotton fabrics of the late 18th - early 19th c. known as "Toiles de Jouy" and original printed sources (etchings and engravings) that likely served as inspirations or models for these fabrics' designs. The author, Starr Siegele, had masterfully woven her own original research into the framework of the now firmly established subject. The quality of illustrations, especially those reproducing actual textiles, leaves much to be desired.