How to Read Islamic Carpets
ISBN: PB: 9780300208092, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2014
176 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 175 colour illus.
Carpets made in the "Rug Belt" – an area that includes Morocco, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and northern India – have been a source of fascination and collecting since the 13th century. This engaging and accessible book explores the...
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Jewels by JAR
ISBN: HB: 9780300198683, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2013
120 pp., 22,9x20,3 cm, 65 colour illus.
Called "the Faberge of our time" by Diane von Furstenberg, Joel A. Rosenthal, who works in Paris under the name JAR, is one of the most acclaimed jewellery designers of the past thirty years. JAR is known for his use of precious and semi-precious sto...
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Cloisters Medieval Art and Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9780300187205, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2013
204 pp., 24,8x17,1 cm, 200 colour illus.
Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fift...
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Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: PB: 9780300106305, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2005
128 pp., 30,4x22,8 cm, 77 colour images, 14 black&white illus.
The unicorn tapestries are one of the most popular attractions at The Cloisters, the medieval branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Traditionally known as The Hunt of the Unicorn, this set of seven exquisite and enigmatic tapestries was likely co...
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