The Guatemalan Textiles. Prentiss N. Gray Collection
Mills College, Oakland: MIlls Collage Art Gallery, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (2) 31 leaves. Original light red half-cloth over tan boards with gray lettering and ruling on cover. Stamps of Elfriede Fischinger on title page and back free endpaper.
Intricate treatise on the history and customs of American Indians and their traditional designs and weaving with detailed descriptions on the variety of textiles as well as how those traits were developed and sustained. Includes an extensive Catalogue of Guatemalan textiles in the Prentiss N. Gray Collection. The work is illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of photographs tipped in. With a full page map of the Guatemalan Highlands. Binding with light sunning along edges and spine, small faint water stain. and strip with remnants of adhesive on back cover. Very good. Very good condition. Item #51156
Price: $100.00