Christine Laffer

Tapestry is a medium which has a life and vitality beneath the surface, an energy which is contained in the yarns themselves as they twist and turn inside the cloth. Even the dyed color of fiber is penetrative, not superficial. The expressive qualities of these materials, of this way of working up layer upon layer of woven yarn, have possibilities that will still take lifetimes to explore. In my own work, I hope to make obvious the force and the mystery which can be created in no other way.

Laffer's Tapestry Bibliography


Tapestry Books Indexed by Author

If you know the title of the author you can quickly reach the appropriate alphabetical section with these separators:

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M-R
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A-F



----. Australian Tapestries 1988 Victorian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Australia 101p. color illus.
----. Catalogue de la Première Biennale internationale de la tapisserie 1962, Lausanne 81 p.
----. Dom Robert: Tapisseries 1980 Julliard -- 95 color illus. ISBN: 2-260 00 201-3
----. Les Domaines de Jean Lurçat 1986 Nouveau Musée Jean Lurçat et de la Tapisserie Contemporaine Angers
----. Making a Place for Tapestry: Symposium 1993 1993 British Columbia Society of Tapestry Artists Vancouver, British Columbia 106p. b&w illus.
----. Principes d'analyse scientifique: Tapisserie 1971 Imprimerie Nationale Paris 148p. b&w, color illus.
----. The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries 1989 The Getty Conservation Institute Marina del Rey, California 117p. b&w illus. ISBN: 0-89236-154-9
----. The Edinburgh Tapestry Company 1980 Edinburgh Tapestry Company Edinburgh color
----. The Guide to the Burrell Collection 1990 Richard Drew Publishing Glasgow

Ackerman, Phyllis. Tapestry: The Mirror of Civilization 1933 Oxford University Press London 451p. b&w illus.
Ainsworth, Maryan Wynn. Bernart van Orley as a Designer of Tapestry 1982 UMI Research Press Ann Arbor, Michigan 207p.

Badin, Jules. La Manufacture Nationale de Tapisserie de Beauvais depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours 1909 Paris
Baillet, Jules. Les tapisseries d'Antinoé au musée d'Orléans 1907 Orléans
Bayard, E. L'art de reconnaître les tapisseries anciennes. 1927 E. Gründ Paris 343p.
Bazin, Germain. Jean Lurçat, et al. La tapisseries française: muraille et laine 1946 Editions Pierre Tisné Paris 108p. b&w, color illus.
Benazeth, Dominque. "Un rare exemple de tissu copte à fil d'or" Tissage, corderie, vannerie - IXe Rencontres Internationales d'Archéologie et d'Histoire 1989 Editions A.P.D.C.A. Juan-les-Pins pp219-228.
Bennett, Anna G. Five Centuries of Tapestry. Rutland, Vt.: Chas. Tuttle Co. and The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1976.

Betterton, Sheila. Navajo Weaving and Textiles of the American Southwest 1991 The American Museum in Britain Bath color illus.
Bottig, Johan. Tapisseries de la Couronne de Suède, 4 vol. 1895 Stockholm
de Sainte-Boyer, Suzanne. Les Tapisseries Françaises, 3 vol. 1876
Brostoff, Laya. Weaving a Tapestry 1982 Interweave Press Loveland, Colorado 162p. b&w illus.

Candee, Helen Churchill. The Tapestry Book. New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935.
Castel, A. Les tapisseries 1876 Hachette et Cie Paris 316p.
Cavallo, Adolph S. Tapestries of Europe and of Colonial Peru in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1967.
Coffinet, Julien and Maurice Pianzola. Tapestry 1971 Van Nostrand Reinhold Company New York 127 b&w illus. Darcel A. Les Manufactures nationales de tapisseries des Gobelins et de la tapis de la Savonnerie 1885 Paris
Digby, G.W. The V&A Tapestry Collection 1980 HMSO London
Du Bourguet, P. Les étoffes coptes du musée du Louvre 1964 Ed. des Musées Nationaux Paris 671p.
Dubon, David. Tapestries from the S.H. Kress Collection: The History of Constantine the Great designed by Rubens and Cortona 1964 Phaidon Press 152p. color b&w illus. Dumonthier, Ernest. Mobilier national de France: Les tapisseries d'ameublement de la Manufacture royale de Beauvais 1921 Paris

Erlande-Brandenburg, Alain. La Dame à la Licorne 1989 Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux Paris

Fenaille, Maurice. Etat général des tapisserie de la manufacture des Gobelins depuis son origine jusq'à nos jours, 6 vol. 1923 -1928 Hachette Paris
Ffoulke, Charles Mather. The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries 1913 privately printed New York b&w illus. Forman, W. & B. Ramses Wissa Wassef Tapestries in Egypt 1961 Paul Hamlyn London
Franses, Jack. Tapestries and their Mythology 1973 Gifford London
Freeman, Margaret B. The Unicorn Tapestries. Lausanne, Switzerland: Imprimeries Réunies, 1983.

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G-L

Gerspach, E. La Manufacture nationale des Gobelins 1892 Delagrave Paris
Gerspach, E. Les tapiesseries coptes. 1890 Quantin Paris 8
Giraud-Labalte, Claire. The Apocalypse Tapestry 1986 CNMHS - Editions Ouest Angers
Glysin, F. Swiss Medieval Tapestries 1947 Batsford London
Göbel, H. Wandteppiche 1923 -1934 Klinkhardt und Biermann Leipzig 6 vol.
Guiffrey, J. Histoire de la tapisserie depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à nos jours 1886 Mâme Paris 535p.
Guiffrey, J. Histoire Générale de la Tapisserie, 3 vol. 1878 -1884 Paris
Guiffrey, Jules. Les Manufactures Nationales de Tapisseries: Les Gobelins et Beauvais 1908 Paris
Guiffrey, Jules. Les Tapisseries du XIIe à la fin du XVIe siècle Histoire des Arts appliqués, Emile Molinier 1911 Paris

Harvey, Nancy. Tapestry Weaving: A Comprehensive Study Guide 1991 Interweave Press Loveland, Colorado 208 b&w, color
Harvey, Nancy. The Guide to Successful Tapestry Weaving 1981 Pacific Search Press Seattle 116p. b&w illus. Havard, H. Les Arts de l'ameublement, La tapisserie 1893 Delagrave Paris 200p.
Huml, Irena. Wspólczesna tkanina polska 1989 Arkady Warsaw 245p. b&w, color 83-213-3340-0

Janneau, G. L'evolution de la tapisserie 1947 Compagnie des art photomécaniques Paris 92
Guillaume Janneau Juliette Niclausse Le Musée des Gobelins, 2 vol. 1938 Paris
Janssen, Elsje. Tapestries in Belgium. Sprimont, Belgium: Pierre Mardaga printer, 1996(?), in French, German and English. ISBN: 2-87009-555-4
Johnson, Robert Flynn, Paul Mills and Lorna Price. Mark Adams 1985 Chronicle Books San Francisco 116p. color illus.
Jongeward, David. Weaver of Worlds 1990 Destiny Books Rochester, Vermont 176p. color illus.

Kaufman, Alice and Christopher Selser The Navajo Weaving Tradition: 1650 to the Present 1985 E.P. Dutton, Inc. New York 150p. b&w, color illus ISBN: 0-525-48194-X
Kendrick, A.F. Catalogue of Tapestries 1924 Victoria and Albert Museum London 136 b&w illus. Kent, Kate Peck. Navajo Weaving: Three Centuries of Change 1985 School of American Research Press Santa Fe, New Mexico 139p. color illus.
Kybalova, Ludmila. Les tissue coptes 1967 Editions Cercle d'Art Paris

László, Emöke. tr. Enikö Körtvélyessy Flemish and French Tapestries in Hungary 1980 1981 Corvina Kiadó Budapest 183 b&w, color
Lee Caroll, Diane. Looms and Textiles of the Copts - First Millenium Egyptian Textiles in the Carl Austin Rietz Collection 1988 California Academy of Sciences
Lejard, André. The Bayeux Tapestry 1947 Max Parrish & Co. Ltd. London 24p. b&w illus. Lejard, Ed., André. French Tapestry 1946 Paul Elek London 107p. b&w illus. Leland Hunter, George. The Practical Book of Tapestries 1925 Philadelphia
Lurçat, Jean. Tapisserie Française 1947 Les Editions Bordas 102p. b&w illus.
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M-R


Marquet de Vasselot, J.-J. and R.-A. Weigert. Bibliographie de la tapisserie, des tapis and de la broderie en France, dans Archives de l'Art français 1934 A. Colin Paris 354p.
Marquet de Vasselot, J.-J. Catalogue raisonné de la collection Martin le Roy. 1908 -- Paris 91p.
Meyer, Daniel. L'histoire due Roy 1980 Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux Paris 143p. color illus ISBN: 2-7118-0139-x
de Montault, Mgr., X. Barbier. Inventaire descriptif des tapisseries de haute-lisse conservées à Rome 1879 Arras
Müntz, E. La tapisserie 1890? H. Quantin Paris 372p.

Parry, Linda. William Morris Textiles. New York: The Viking Press, 1983.
Perathon, C. Essai de catalogue descriptif des ancienne tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin 1894 -1902 Vve. Ducourtieux Limoges 199p.
Phillips, Barty. Tapestry 1994 Phaidon Press London 240p. color illus ISBN: 0 7148 2920 X
Picart le Doux, Jean and Maurice Bruzeau. Murs de Soleil 1972 Editions Cercle d'Art Paris 215p. color illus.

Ruesga, Julian, Ed. Chambre des Tapisseries 1997 -- Sevilla 54p. b&w illus.
Russell, Carol K. The Tapestry Handbook 1990 Lark Books Asheville, North Carolina 176p. color illus.
Rutschowscaya, Marie-Hélène. Coptic Fabrics 1990 Editions Adam Biro Paris 159p. b&w color illus. ISBN: 2-87660-084-6

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S-Z


Salet, Francis. David et Bethsabée 1980 Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux Paris 113p. color illus. ISBN 2-7118-0089-x
Schiffer, Nancy N. Pictorial Weavings of the Navajo 1991 Schiffer Publishing Ltd. West Chester, Pennsylvania 64p. color illus. ISBN: 0-88740-318-2
Scribner, III, Charles. The Triumph of the Eucharist: Tapestries Designed by Rubens 1982 UMI Research Press Ann Arbor, Michigan 224p. b&w illus. Shaw, Courtney Ann. The rise of the artist/weaver: Tapestry weaving in the U.S. frm 1930-1990, 2 vol. 1992 UMI Research Press Ann Arbor, Michigan 869p. b&w illus. Stack, Lotus. The Essential Thread: Tapestry on Wall and Body 1988 The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis, Minnesota 38p. b&w, color illus. ISBN: 0-912964-36--7
Stack, Ed., Lotus. Conservation Research: Studies of Fifteenth- to Nineteenth-Century Tapestry 1993 National Gallery of Art, Washington Washington, D.C. 120p. b&w illus. ISBN 0-89468-183-4
Standen, Edith A. European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985.

Thomas, Michael, et al. Textile Art. New York: Rizzoli International, 1985.
Thompson, Deborah. Coptic Textiles in the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Museum, 1971.
Thompson, W.G. A History of Tapestry. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930.
Trilling, James. The Roman Heritage: Textiles from Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean 300 to 600 AD. Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1982.

Verlet, Pierre, et al. The Book of Tapestry. New York: The Vendome Press, 1978.
Viale, Mercedes and Vittorio. Arazzi e Tappeti Antichi 1948 Ilte Turin B R.-A. Weigert La tapisserie française 1956 Larousse Paris 216p.

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