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Renaissance velvets
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- Creator
- Lisa Monnas
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Hardback edition
- London : V&A Pub. ; New York : Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781851776566, 1851776567
- OCLC
- ocn781677614
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Velvet weaving in Europe and Ottoman Turkey. Italy ; Spain ; France ; Ottoman and Italian velvets -- How velvet is made. Plain velvet ; Figured velvet ; Brocaded velvet ; Printed velvet -- The weavers and their pay -- Quality control. Guild inspections and fraud ; Colour and dyestuffs ; Selvedges -- Design -- Marketing -- Consumption -- The perception of velvet -- Catalogue