American Approach to Antique Carpets: The Y & B BOLOUR Collection. 3 Vols.
Los Angeles, New York: Y & B Bolour, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Vol. !: 5 leaves, 70 plates; Vol. II: 314 (1); Vol. III: 8 leaves, 200 plates. Original black (Vol. I) and tan (Vol. III) cloth with photographic color plate pasted to cover, and gilt lettering on cover and spine. Volume II with black cloth binding and gilt lettering on cover and spine, in color photo-illustrated dustjacket. Volume one the exhibition at Y & B Bolour from march 12 – April 16, 1992, Designer's Approach to Antique Carpets with seventy full page color reproductions of carpets and descriptive text on facing page. Volume II, with one color frontispiece, shows one hundred and twenty-six carpets in full page color reproductions with descriptive text on facing page. Photographer Otello Damonte and P. J. Gates. Contains list of carpets with size and origin. Volume III with three color frontispieces. "In this, the third volume of the Y & B Bolour Collection, the producer reaches the end of his journey to "The American Approach".... Obviously his purpose was not to produce a scholarly work of critical analysis, never intending to assume the role of an expert, but rather that of the artists discovering aesthetic beauty in all Creation. .. As a result, the description herein will tell the reader more about the author's sense of beauty, art, design – even philosophy of life, than about the number of knots in a particular carpet." (Daniel Bolour). Illustrated with two hundred color reproductions of carpets from England, France, America, Bessarabia, Turkish, Chinese, Persian, and other regions, including tapestries. Photographs by Otello Damonte, Peter Williams with the assistance of Julio Ventura. With descriptive text for depicted carpets on facing pages. Contains list of carpets and tapestry with size and origin. Minor wear to binding. Near fine condition. Item #47594
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