Warsaw 1959, Arkady. 21x30 cm, pp. 109, (2), 227 black and white photographs (depicting textiles) on separate pages and one color photograph before the text, decorative publisher's binding. Very good condition.
Collective work by K. Bulgakova, J. Grabowski, M. Markiewicz, E. Plutynska and A. Sledziewska, edited by Xavier Piwocki.
In contents: history of Polish textiles up to the 19th century, folk textiles, about old double textiles of Sokolka, Augustow and Bialystok and modern double textiles, (Society) Polish Applied Art, Polish modern textiles. The plates show carpets, kilims, serviettes, tapestries, kontusz belts, carpets, etc. and textiles by, among others, the following artists: A. Jaroszewicz, E. Plutyńska, B. Treter, H. Bukowska, H. and S. Galkowscy, M. Skoczylas-Urbanowiczowa, W. Kossecka, Z. Butrymowicz, Z. Czasznicka.
Authors of the patterns of fabrics used for the binding in colorization by A. Sledziewska, made by "ŁAD": M. Abakanowicz, K. Bandke, H. Bukowska, K. Bulgakova, Z. Czasznicka, H. Karpinska-Kintopfowa, W. Manteuffel, Z. Matuszczyk, B. Misztal, A. Ruszczyńska, A. Sledziewska, D. Tomas, W. Zoltowska.