The Mameluke or Slave Dynasty of Egypt 1260-1517 A.D.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1896. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1896. More
London: Watson-Guptill, 1974. 69 black and white plates 160 black and white figures. This is the definitive work on sprang. Includes techniques, history, terminology and equipment. More
Firenze: KARTA, 1987. 23 color plates, 23 black and white. GWO 2123. A book on samplers, woven as models for complete rugs. Mostly Persian and Turkish. Italian text. More
London: Linda Wrigglesworth, Ltd., 1996. 16 color plates. Dealer catalog of Manchu and bound feet shoes from Qing Dynasty. 71 examples are illustrated and described. More
Meredith, NH: Aug/Sept 1989. Lead Article: An Introduction to Persian Village Rugs, by Donald N. Wilber A brief definition of the characteristics of the type A Group of Veramin Weavings, by Michael Craycraft Were the majority of 113 Veramin pieces woven by the Qajar A History of the Buta, by..... More
Meredith, NH: Feb/Mar 1991. Cover: Melas prayer rug, 18th century, James F. Ballard Collection, St. Louis Art Museum Lead Article: The Ballard Collection, The Saint Louis Art Museum, by George O'Bannon America's foremost collector founded two major museum rug collections The Fall and December Oriental Rug Auctions Animated sales at..... More
Toronto: The Joseph D. Carrier Gallery, Columbus Centre, 1998. 54 color plates. Toronto Oriental Rug Society members exhibition catalog. "Postcard plates" of mainly tribal rugs. More
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1975. 128 black and white, 128 scale drawing patterns, numerous drawings. GWO 1920-1924. Four volume set. French text. I.Tapis de Rabat II. Tapis du Moyen Atlas III. Tapis du Haut Atlas et du Haouz de Marrakech IV: Tapis Divers. Rabat, Mediouna, Casablanca, Moyen Atlas, Maroc Oriental, Haut..... More
London: Henry Graves and Company, 1842. 25 tinted lithographs by Louis and Charles Haghe after Atkinson. First edition of this important publication of Dr. James Atkinson's sketches from Afghanistan and the Punjab during the First Anglo-Afghan War, an early conflict in the Great Game. Dr. Atkinson was appointed Superintending Surgeon..... More
London: F. Lewis, 1934. 89 color plates 234 black and white. First edition. Ex-library with minimal markings and former owner's neat bookplate. Spotting to half-title page. More
Firenze: Karta, 1986. 32 color plates 26 black and white illustrations and figures. GWO 1377. One of the most thorough treatments of this mostly Caucasian flatweave in which every color illustration is of a different design type. Italian-English text. More
London: Hali Publications Ltd., 2020. Volume 40 SPRING 2020. Highlights from HALI 203: The India Edition:ProfileArtist and collector Amit AmbalalTravellers’ talesA new interest in phulkarisAnatomy of an objectReassembling the Mughal-period fragments in the Frick CollectionFeaturesThe ‘shaped’ carpets of Amer in Rajasthan • A newly discovered set of kalamkari hangings • Indian handkerchiefs •..... More
Hong Kong: Bonnie Corwin, 2020. Illustrated in color. Articles include "Saberi-ori: An Elaborate Japanese Textile Produced in a Rural Village", "Rarely-Documented Textiles: Tanapi of Umapura Village, Ternate Isle, Alor Regency, Indonesia", Blaan Textiles and Their Changing Contexts in Mindanao", "Protecting Textiles from Insects with Traditional Plant Methods" More
Hong Kong: Orientations, 1998. Color and black and white illustrations. A collection of 31 articles on Tibetan art including one on costume. More
Paris: Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour, 2008. 54 black and white. Dealer catalog of early 20th century nudes from North Africa by famed photographer Rudolf Lehnert. With several letters from Lehnert to poet, writer, sculptor Renaud Icard on his creation of this album. From an edition of 500. French and..... More
Munchen: Callwey, 1980. 79 color plates. Persian pictorial rugs of myths and folklore. German/English text. [GWO 2130, SORB P-506]. More
Meredith, NH: Aug/Sept 1992. Cover: Round holes in the Bazaar Vakil's vaulted ceiling throw shafts of sunlight down into the dark bazaar. In this natural light, Ghassem Rahbarmah, a Shiraz dealer, studies a south Persian malband. Lead Article: The Tehran Carpet Conference and Exhibition, by James Opie An overview of..... More
New York: The Monacelli Press, 2010. 300 color plates. Handmade rugs are perpetual objects of desire, sought after for their expressive designs and intricate combinations of pattern and color. Whether hand-knotted or handwoven, their tactile quality completes any well-furnished interior. A rug often occupies fully a third of a room..... More
New York: The Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1971. 23 color plates 17 black and white. GWO 1494. With an introduction by Joseph V. McMullan. Seminal catalog on this type of Caucasian rug. 40 rugs shown with captions. [CSROT 404]. More
Lyons: Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens, 2005. 10 color and 102 black and white illustrations. Includes the English articles: "The Development of the Loom and its Mechanisms: Experiments with Chinese Warp-Faced Compound Weaves" by Keiko Kobayashi" Hispano-Muslim Textiles: A Technical and Analytical Study" by Angela Arteaga, et al. "Juhta..... More
Washington D.C. The Textile Museum, 2011. Fully illustrated in color, this exhibition catalog presents 142 never-before-published African textiles and baskets from the outstanding private collections and objects that were donated to The Textile Museum. More
London/Portland, OR: Vallentine Mitchell, 2012. 73 color and black and white illustrations. "In the hundred years that led up to expulsion in 1492, hundreds of thousands of Spanish Jews converted publically - but not privately - to Christianity. They left some clues to their compelling and dangerous secret lives, revealed..... More
Unst: Unst Heritage Trust, [1995]. Color and black and white illustrations. "This booklet tells the history of Unst's lace knitting, reputed to produce the finest lace knitting in Shetland. Full of facinating facts with numerous illustrations from the long history of knitting on the island, it is a ‘must have’..... More
[Kuala Lumpur]: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2003. 107 color plates 32 black and white. "This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition “Beyond Boundaries - Tents of the Islamic World” in cooperation with the Ethnography Museum, Hamburg, Germany in 2003. The objective of the show was to provide a...... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969. Facsimile and English translation of the 1548 edition. The Plictho was the first printed monograph in Europe devoted to dyes and dyeing. More