Tapestries of Clarence H. Mackay
New York: Privately printed, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio. 101 [1]pp. Original light brown cloth with gilt lettering on cover. Gray endpapers. Color frontispiece. Beautifully illustrated with color and b/w reproductions of tapestries: A fourteenth century Gothic tapestry, King Arthur; A fifteenth century Gothic tapestry, Hector and Andromache, in two scenes. From the famous Trojan War series; A fifteenth century Gothic tapestry, the Story of David and Bathsheba, in five scenes; A Gothic tapestry rich with gold and silver, the Adoration of the Magia (fragment); Two Gothic Life of Christ tapestries; Three Gothic Country Life tapestries from the Chateau de Chaumont; Six Beauvaix-Bérain Italian Grotesques; Five Gobelin-Coypel Don Quichote tapestries; Three Beauvais-De Menou Conquest of the Indies tapestries; Flemish Renaissance, Beauvais, and Aubusson Furniture Coverings. Contains detailed list of illustrations. Light wear along edges of binding. Very good condition. Item #56050
Price: $175.00