V&A Pattern: Slipcased Set #3: (Hardcovers with CDs)
<div> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 570.35pt; mso-element-frame-height: 200.5pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 19.1pt; mso-element-top: 417.25pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-layout-grid-align: none">Following the success of the previous titles in the V&A Pattern series, four new books reveal more of the V&A€s spectacular and extensive pattern collections.</p> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 570.35pt; mso-element-frame-height: 200.5pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 19.1pt; mso-element-top: 417.25pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I>ChineseTextiles</I> by Yueh-Siang Chang moves through the centuries highlighting the motifs of luxurious courtly robes, floral silks intended for the export market, and even the tongue-in-cheek patterns of Vivienne Tam.</p> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 570.35pt; mso-element-frame-height: 200.5pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 19.1pt; mso-element-top: 417.25pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I>Spitalfields Silks</I> by Moria Thunder<I> </I>displays delightful floral designs alongside quirky, strikingly modern silks, all produced in 18th-century London.</p> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 570.35pt; mso-element-frame-height: 200.5pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 19.1pt; mso-element-top: 417.25pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I>Pop Patterns</I> by Oriole Cullen showcases Andy Warhol€s influence on commercial design in the 1970s, when soup cans, lipsticks, and even men€s haircuts graced dress fabrics and wallpapers.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 570.35pt; mso-element-frame-height: 200.5pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 19.1pt; mso-element-top: 417.25pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><I>Walter Crane</I> by Esm© Whittaker looks at the works of a key designer of the Aesthetic movement, incorporating swans, bulrushes, fairy tales, and more into his diverse patterns.</P></DIV>