Curtains & Shades: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creative Window Treatments
A comprehensive, practical introduction to mastering the basic techniques involved in making and hanging curtains and shades followed by a wonderful selection of projects. With step-by-step, illustrated instructions and suggestions for variations, the projects include formal, informal, and country treatments, with photographs and line drawings showcasing each creative decorating idea.
Scalamandre
Tour some of the most exclusive and well-appointed homes in America, and experience the lavish and colorful furnishings, draperies, wall coverings and decorative elements that Scalamandr textiles produces. From traditional to neoclassical, from cottage to country French, Scalamandr products exude personality and exemplify elegance. 1-58685-408-9$60.
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West Coast Murders: True Stories of Crime and Intrigue in British Columbia by Susan McNicoll, ISBN 1551539632
Lock your doors and draw your curtains...Six of British Columbia's most notorious murders are recounted in these gripping stories of betrayal and intrigue. From the tragic murder of Molly Justice to the unsolved mystery of Janet Smith's untimely death, these stories will keep you on the edge of your seat.
West Coast Murders: True Stories of Crime and Intrigue in British Columbia by Susan McNicoll, ISBN 1551539632
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I Lost My Bear by Jules Feiffer, ISBN 0688177220
It's not under the bed, or on the chair, or beneath the couch, or behind the curtains.
I Lost My Bear by Jules Feiffer, ISBN 0688177220
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Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting by Anne Hollander, ISBN 0300094191
This beautifully illustrated and innovative book examines how artists have used clothing and drapery -- real and imagined, sacred and secular -- as elements in their paintings to give emphasis and emotional force to their figures.
All kinds of draped cloth, from austere dress to billowing draperies, become in the hands of a gifted artist a dramatic and exciting means to ennoble and sanctify painted figures, to create sensual or erotic effects, and to add drama to narrative. Such was the impact of the artists' particular vision, that life often followed art, and the fashions of a particular era often reflect the pictorial creations of its greatest painters. In his portraits, Van Dyck, for example, created the elegant and aristocratic style which we associate with the court of King Charles I. Depictions of clothed and nude women from different periods show how the aesthetic distortions which governed the representation of women's fashions extended to the unclothed figure, which is similarly...
Fabric of Vision: Dress and Drapery in Painting by Anne Hollander, ISBN 0300094191
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