Flanders Costumes

This official catalog of the World Lace Congress in Bruges is a unique reference work for enthusiasts and professionalsLace is a growing trend in interior design, fashion and design"The charm of lace in portraits of royalty and nobility, the clergy and the bourgeoisie is still a source of amazement. Pieces of lace from the past evoke wonder and admiration. The artistic and technical skill of their makers was sublime. As a spider weaves its web, fairy hands magically interlaced sober threads into... [Read More]

“Whip-smart” (Louise Penny) amateur sleuth Samantha Clair returns in A Howl of Wolves, a mystery from Judith Flanders, the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of A Murder of Magpies.Sam Clair figures she’ll be a good sport and spend a night out at the theater in support of her upstairs neighbors, who have small parts in a play in the West End. Boyfriend (a Scotland Yard detective) and all-round good sport Jake Field agrees to tag along to what is apparently an extra-... [Read More]

Take a beautiful and compelling trip back to 18th-Century England ( Prevue Channel ) with this lovely romantic epic ('satellite News Network ) starring Robin Wright (Forrest Gump) as a bold, courageous heroine. Featuring stellar supporting performances from Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption) and Stockard Channing (Six Degrees of Separation) Moll Flanders is a remarkable motion picture (Jeanne Wolf's Hollywood).Wright portrays Moll, a spirited, headstrong woman whose unfortunate social pos... [Read More]

A chronology provides an overview of the lives and art patronage of the three Gonzaga brothers, whose splendid collection of Renaissance tapestries was rivaled only by the papal collection and that of the Medicis. Seven surviving Gonzaga tapestry sets are catalogued and thoroughly discussed; and 78 archival documents, drawn principally from the holdings of the State Archives in Mantua and Parma, are included, with analysis, providing a vivid account of collecting by Italian nobility during the R... [Read More]

In the follow-up to Metropolis, homes from around the world and throughout history are creatively illustrated, from Pontius Pilate's Roman villa and a medieval peasant cottage to a 1930s New York City apartment building and a Russian space station. 15,000 first printing.

Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign, and the author weaves the history of this magnificent collection into the life of its owner with an engaging narrative style. Now largely dispersed or destroyed, Henry’s extensive inventory is here reassembled and reveals how, through tapestry, Henry identified himself with historic, religious, and mythological figures, putting E... [Read More]

Edited by Frederic Shoberl. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1823 edition by R. Ackermann, London.