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5,000 Years of Textiles
Author:
Jennifer Harris
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-307-9
ISBN 10:
1-58834-307-3
5,000 Years of Textiles is an authoritative reference and a visual delight, with examples from the Far East to the Americas, from Africa to Scandinavia, and from Egyptian artifacts dating from 3000 BC to the most up-to-date modern craftwork and furnishings.
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A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture
Author:
Heather Ewing and Amy Ballard
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-261-4
ISBN 10:
1588342611
A beautifully illustrated guide to the remarkable buildings of the Smithsonian Institution
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A Revolution in Wood
Author:
Nicholas Bell, Afterword by Kenneth Trapp & Foreword by Elizabeth Broun
ISBN 13:
978-1-58834-304-8
ISBN 10:
1-58834-304-9
A Revolution in Wood celebrates the magnificent gift of sixty-six pieces of turned and carved wood to the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the distinguished collectors Fleur and Charles Bresler. Illustrated in lavish detail, works by this country's best-known wood artists highlight the growing sophistication of American craft's youngest medium and the expressive capacity of its most organic material.
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African Textiles Today
Author:
Chris Spring
ISBN 13:
9781588343802
ISBN 10:
1588343802
Illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth.
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Artists in Their Studios
Images from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
Author:
Liza Kirwin and Joan Lord
ISBN 13:
978-0-06115-012-8
ISBN 10:
0-06-115012-6
Published in conjunction with the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, this book provides insight to the work of American artists and their unique studio spaces.
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Best Addresses
A Century of Washington’s Distinguished Apartment Houses
Author:
James M. Goode
ISBN 13:
978-0-87474-476-7
ISBN 10:
0-87474-476-8
“Immensely fascinating . . .it’s hard to put the book down.”—Washington Post
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