Color Source Book Margaret Walch 1979 Scribner Hardcover DJ 1st Print Palettes

by Margaret Walch

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First edition

A sought after design reference that has inspired decades of artists, decorators, and textile designers. Margaret Walch's Color Source Book gathers 48 historic and artistic color palettes into one beautifully organized volume, each presented as a color chart with notes on its origins. Explore Chinese porcelain, Persian miniatures, Japanese woodcuts, Williamsburg and Victorian interiors, Scottish tartans, Tiffany glass, Art Deco, and Pop Art, alongside the palettes of Giotto, Vermeer, Turner, Monet, Gauguin, Matisse, Albers, and more. It's a wonderful tool for choosing color schemes for quilts, weaving, paint, interiors, fashion, and graphic design. This is the 1979 Charles Scribner's Sons edition, first printing, in black cloth with the striking rainbow bar dust jacket. • Title: Color Source Book • Author: Margaret Walch • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York • Year: 1979, first printing • ISBN: 0684161346 • Format: Hardcover with dust jacket • Pages: 103 • Size: About 11.25" x 8.75" Items are guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition described. I pack with care and use new (or clean used) professional packing products. All sales final except for misrepresentation which is rare, but always made right. I appreciate your business!

• Publisher: Scribner
• Year: 1979
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780684161341
• Condition: Very Good

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