London: Hali Publications Ltd., 2018. Volume 40 Autumn 2018. Highlights from HALI 197:Thread of timeA leopard is at the core of two political African textilesTravellers’ tales‘Bessarabian’ kilims in Ukrainian collectionsAnatomy of an objectThe König Khotan compartment medallion rugFeaturesClassical carpets in Italy: the Bruschettini Collection • Central African barkcloth paintings •..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. 328 color plates. Massive and thorough. "Renowned throughout Renaissance Europe, Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550) produced works for the wealthiest and most important patrons of the time, including Emperor Charles V, Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, the Habsburgs, and Cosimo... More
London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1981. 11 color plates 10 black and white. French furniture and decorative items inspired by the Orient. More
![[Folk Belts from the Collection of the Russian Ethnography Museum]. N. M. Kalashnikova.](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS010836I.jpg?v=1542848336)
Moscow: Severnyi Palomnik, 2014. 400 color illustrations and 56 historic black and white. Catalog of decorative belts, buckles, pouches and other accoutrements from Russia, other former Soviet republics including Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia from the collection of the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg. Russian text. More
Woodbridge: PDN Communications / Rizzoli, 2001. 300 color plates. Luxurious and massive Oriental carpet book including European rugs and tapestries. Most rugs are Persian decorative rugs from the author's inventory as well as short chapters on Caucasian, Anatolian, Indian, Turkmen, and Chinese rugs. More
Newburyport, MA: Walrus Press, 1993. No illustrations. Unillustrated dealer exhibition catalog of 46 thoroughly described and priced Afshar rugs and trappings. [SORB P-119]. More
![Der Knüpfteppich. Fachkunde für den Teppich-Kaufmann [The Oriental Pile Carpet: Technical Qualification for the Rug Merchant]. Helmut Ruß.](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS010833I.jpg?v=1542676054)
Herford: Bussesche Verlagshandlung, 1983. 306 color plates. A general introductory book of contemporary and antique rugs aimed at improving rug knowledge of dealers. German text. [GWO 970, SORB G-1291]. More
Lima: Museo de Arte de Lima, [1994]. 16 color plates 1 black and white 39 line drawings. Scarce museum exhibition catalog of Pre-Columbian textiles from the Southern Andean region of Chuquibamba. Text in English and Spanish. More
Los Angeles: Fowler Museum at UCLA, 2013. 107 color plates 7 black and white. Pre-Columbian and contemporary Peruvian textiles with large, clearly described illustrations. "In this beautifully illustrated book, textile expert Elena Phipps examines the ancient Peruvian process of weaving textiles with four finished selvages, or edges. Without cutting a.... More
[Dushanbe]: The Ethnic Publishing House, 2011. Of the hundreds of color illustrations 168 are of textiles and costume, 2 of carpets, and 2 felts from the 19th-21st centuries. Magnificent catalog of a wide array of Tajik crafts. Also includes jewelry, painting, ancient gold, pottery, woodcarving and musical instruments. This edition... More
Stockholm: J. P. Willborg, 2002. 504 color plates 2 black and white 2 maps. Massive and important dealer exhibition catalog and the best resource on piled Bakhtiari carpets based on field research. Most plates are early 20th century examples with many antique rugs shown. More
Graz: Culture and More, 2005. 100 color plates. A comprehensive guide to late 19th-mid 20th century rugs, carpets and textiles of Morocco by weaving districts. With one chapter on jewelry and many photographs of the Moroccan countryside. [SORB N-116]. More
[New York]: Smead and Lawton, 1904. 32 monochrome illustrations. One of the first publications on Indian rugs this promotional booklet shows contemporary rug production including carding, dyeing, and weaving. [GWO 1855, SORB I-70]. More
Basle: Sandoz, 1962. 10 color plates. Major article on Maori weaving. Other articles include "The Significance of Colour among Primitive People", Paint-A Magical Substance", Diffusion of Dyes in Relation to their Dyeing Mechanisms", and "The Disulphide Bond in Wool" More
![Zuidzee uit de Doeken [Cloth from the South Seas]](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS010823I.jpg?v=1541816768)
Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, [1974]. 18 black and white figures. Guide to an exhibition showing tapa barkcloth in the context of village life on Moce Island, Fiji. Uncommon. Dutch text. More
Boston: Shambhala, 2001. 72 examples illustrated in color. Many painted cloths. More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998. 134 color plates 15 black and white. Museum exhibition catalog of more than 60 Tibetan works from public and private collections. "Devoted to a period of extraordinary cultural achievement - from the 11th to the mid-15th century - when Tibet became known as... More
Los Angeles: LACMA, 1985. 36 color plates 203 black and white. Catalog of LACMA's extensive collection of Nepali sculpture, drawings (model books and manuals), and paintings. The model books show insights into iconography, perspective, and Nepali themes. More
Boston: Shambhala, 1999. 17 color plates 221 black and white 4 graphs. Well-researched an insightful analysis of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist iconography. Most black and white illustrations are of stone carvings. Most color illustrations are of paintings on various media. "Through careful examination of a large body of images as well as... More
Zurich: Galerie Koller, 2002. 176 color illustrations. Well illustrated auction catalog of Himalayan and other Asian art. Thirteen are of textiles, mostly painted cloths. German text. More
New York: The Asia Society, 1975. 10 color plates 86 black and white. Exhibition catalog of Buddhist and Brahmanical art most of which are painted cloth and metal sculpture. More
Milan: Jaca / Antique Collectors' Club, 2006. 120 color 147 black and white. The art of Tibet placed within its historic, social and religious context, utilizing in situ photographs from Tibet. Detailed color photographs of mandalas, paintings, gold pieces, metalwork, landscape and architecture. More
Kathmandu: Handicraft Association of Nepal, 1994 (1999). 41 color illustrations 51 line drawings. Uncommon and important guide to the Nepalese aspects of the Buddha and deities of Nepal told through art. More
Boston: Shambhala, 1999. 98 color plates. Catalog of 51 pieces in the Ernst and Angela Jucker collection of Nepalese painting. An excellent overall view of the painting tradition in the Kathmandu Valley from the thirteenth through nineteenth centuries – including several extremely rare scrolls for which there are no comparable... More
![Wegleitung. Islamisches Museum. [Guide to the Islamic Museum]. Volkman Enderlein.](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS004645I.JPG?v=1434447127)
Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1988. 72 color and black and white illustrations of which 3 color and 18 black and white are of rugs and textiles. Guide to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. German text. More
