When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles by James C. Y. Watt, Anne Wardwell and Morris Rossabi Poetry and the arts patron Lincoln

and the arts patron Lincoln Kirstein

The text comprises seven essays

Ellison’s explosive story of an innocent young black man’s often surreal search for truth and his identity won him the National Book Award for fiction and catapulted him to national prominence

and it now includes four walking-tour maps and a historical index

herself and her daughter" (1982)

When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles by James C. Y. Watt, Anne Wardwell and Morris Rossabi Poetry and the arts patron LincolnWhen Silk Was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles by James C. Y. Watt, Anne Wardwell and Morris Rossabi 4to. pp. x, 238. profusely illustrated in colour & b w. glossary. bibliography. index. hardcover. dw. (fine condition). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with The Cleveland Museum of Art, [1997]. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Distributed by Abrams. ISBN 10: 0870998250 ISBN 13: 9780870998256