THE YERKES COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL CARPETS. A Limited and Deluxe Portfolio Containing Twenty-Seven Facsimile Reproductions in Color. With Critical Text by John Kimberly Mumford
by John Kimberly Mumford
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New York : Knapp Company, 1910-01-01. Hardcover. Good. American Edition. No 50 of 750. 27 plates Loose as issued in green silk portfolio, gilt-decorated on front cover, silk ties. Minor tears to head and tail of spine. Plates clean and unmarked. Comes with original case, case well worn and broken. Comprises 8 pages of introductory text followed by 27 bifolia with commentary on second page and color relief half-tone of carpet on facing third page. <br> Charles Tyson Yerkes, the infamous banker who was responsible for building a large part of Chicago's transit system, had visions of an elaborate catalogue of hand-painted reproductions illustrating the finer examples of oriental carpets in his collection. His death in 1905 prevented the project from being finished, and in 1910, when the bulk of his estate was to be sold, this catalogue was published. BMC XXVII, 697.196
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- THE YERKES COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL CARPETS. A Limited and Deluxe Portfolio Containing Twenty-Seven Facsimile Reproductions in Color. With Critical Text by John Kimberly Mumford
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- John Kimberly Mumford
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- Hardcover
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- New York : Knapp Company
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- 1910-01-01
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