Big format book on Lithuanian tapestry and fine textiles of the Soviet Era. Author: Daiva Rekertaite-Naciuliene, Title: Lietuvos Gobelenas, Publisher: Vaga, Vilnius, publication year: 1983, 283 pages, hardcover with canvas binding and paper dustcover, 24,5 x 32,5 cm. Good vintage condition with some very small signs of wear, mainly because of storage. Lithuanian, Russian and English language book with a huge amount of full-plate photos. English summary from the book jacket:
"This book is the first attempt to acquaint the general public with the best examples of buying Soviet Lithuanian fine textiles. It contains an introduction, plates, short biographies of the artists and a description of the plates. The introduction presents a short history of Soviet Lithuanian tapestry and the evolution of the artistic means of expression. It also gives a description of the best works designed for exhibitions and the interior. The plates show reproductions of 176 works by 57 artists created in the last two decades. The greater part of the tapestries has been shown at a number of exhibitions at home and abroad, but their reproductions in plates here are printed for the first time."
Product code: Lietuvos Gobelenas hardcover book on Lithuanian fine textiles tapestry in the Soviet buying Era