Silk Brocades
Silk Brocades

Author: Yashodhara Agrawal

Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9788174362582

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With reference to products of India.

Albany Institute of History and Art
Albany Institute of History and Art

Author: Tammis K. Groft

Publisher: Albany Institute of History and Art

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1438429940

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Founded in 1791, the Albany Institute of History and Art is one of the nation's oldest cultural institutions. Today, it boasts outstanding collections largely focused on New York State's Upper Hudson Valley. These include Hudson River School landscape paintings, portraits by Ezra Ames and Charles Loring Elliott, sculpture by Erastus Dow Palmer, landscape and interior paintings by Walter Launt Palmer, and Albany –made silver and other crafts. This comprehensive overview of the Albany Institute of History and Art's American art and decorative-arts collections, presents color plates and essays on about 130 objects (of a total exceeding 20,000). Dating from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the 1990s, each object in this volume was chosen for its national significance, artistic merit, and relevance to the Institute's mission: collecting and interpreting the art, history, and culture of New York State's Upper Hudson Valley through four centuries.

Turkmen Jewelry
Turkmen Jewelry

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1588394158

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This catalogue explores extraordinary silver jewellery created by Turkmen tribal craftsmen and urban silversmiths throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. It presents nearly 200 pieces in glorious detail, ranging from crowns and headdresses to armbands and rings, and featuring accents of carnelian, turquoise, and other stones.

Natural Dyes in the United States
Natural Dyes in the United States

Author: Rita J. Adrosko

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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The second part is devoted to dye recipes and is a revision of the United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 230 "Home dyeing with natural dyes" by Margaret S. Furry and Bess M. Viemont.