Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India. Second series : Kincobs, Nos. 401 to 458
Editor John Forbes Watson Scottish
Lithographer William Griggs
Publisher India Museum
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Pattern books became increasingly popular in Europe and the United States during Moore’s career. Consisting of textile samples and drawings of decorative details from objects, architectural elements, and buildings, they provided innumerable sources for designers, artisans, and architects. Together with Moore’s textile collection, this book of samples, part of a seventeen-volume set, offered a lexicon of patterns and textures that inspired his decorative vocabularies when crafting silver for Tiffany.
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