Tapestries of Europe and Colonial Peru in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Two Volume Set in slipcase. Volume I: Text; Volume II:Plates 13 full page color reproductions plus 2 pages of full color Coats of Arms. Beautifully conceived book. Book covers are pale blue linen with onionskin covers. Slip case is cloth covered in dark teal. The text in volume I not only discusses each plate in detail, but presents the following: Title and series it belongs to; Details of the illustrations; Attributions - Designer, Weaver, Place & date of manufacture; Materials; Dimensions; Condition; Description; Related Tapestries; Provenience; Exhibitions and Bibliography. The text provides the results of a scholarly in-depth study of this museum's collection establishing this set of books as a rare and invaluable source for anyone interested in tapestries whether they be researchers, collectors, aficionados, weavers or needleworkers. Once read, one becomes especially well informed on the techniques of tapestry production. A the end of this volume is a list of exhibitions of this c