The papers assembled in this publication were presented during a colloquium held at the Abegg-Stiftung in the year 2005. They include contributions on textile decorations at the courts of France and Spain, the silk designer and entrepreneur Philippe de Lasalle, Russian copies of French silks, British state beds, as well as Oriental carpets and Chinese painted silks.

Riggisberger Berichte 17 | With contributions by T. Albainy, P. Benito García, B. Borkopp-Restle, M. Bouzard, C. Bremer-David, C. Browne, S. Colenbrander, C. Gastinel-Coural, A. Jolly, E. F. Koldeweij, A. Krippendorf, T. Lekhovich, W. Mertens, L. E. Miller, D. M. Mitchell, D. Véron-Denise, A. Völker, A. Westman | 240 p., 131 illus, paperbound, 23 x 31 cm, 2009, ISBN 978-3-905014-36-5