"It`s a Great Wall!" exclaimed President Nixon to his hosts on the obligatory visit to a restored section of China`s most famous monument. The rest has crumbled away - a fate that has overtaken other handsome or...
Jacqueline Groag:Textile and Pattern Design
Czech-born Jacqueline Groag (1903-1985) was an incredibly adept textile designer who trained at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna during the 1920s under Franz Cisek and Josef Hoffmann. She produced textile designs for...
This is a book featuring recent projects by architects and interior designers who have been drawing attention not only in Japan, but internationally also. Masaaki Takahashi has selected 21 of Japan`s top architects...
The authors bring fresh clarity to the many myths that have arisen around the Kashmiri shawl on the South Asian trade circuit. They also interpret most of the complexities in the Kashmiri shawl lexicon.
Masterpieces: Iconic Houses by Great Contemporary Architects
Every great architect has an original vision. The ability of master architects to see the big picture, to create inclusive, responsive designs that embrace building, site, and interiors with subtlety and style, leads...
Francine Houben
Meissen Collectors Catalogue, The
- Contains some 1800 photographic images. - Valuable source of reference. - Up-to-date colour photographs - A scholarly introduction and detailed index.
