The Chinese Rug Book

Ripley, Mary Churchill. The Chinese Rug Book. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. First edition. Octavo. xviii, 66pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over yellow cloth with black tooling and black lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece with tissue guard. “The technical peculiarities that support trained opinion… materials used by weavers… the colors of these materials…” are explained in the preface. ” Textiles of China may be grouped in the same way as the porcelains, for the same impulses developed the one as the other.” (Ripley). Illustrated with 16 halftone illustrations of Chines rugs and some in-text drawings. DJ with with chips along top and bottom edges, price clipped, and Brodart protected. Binding rubbed with very light fraying at head and tail of spine. Ex Libris on inside front cover. Inscription on verso of frontispiece. DJ in overall fair, binding in good, interior in good+ condition. g. Hardcover. (37636) $50