Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2015. Meisen silk was produced in Japan from the late nineteenth century and became particularly popular between 1910 and 1940. Meisen was an innovative, quick and cost-effective dye and weaving method with the effect of labor-intensive and multicolored traditional kasuri ikat fabric. The meisen kimonos that were..... More
New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2010. 60 color plates 8 historical black and white photographs. "For centuries Tibetans have used carpets for decorative and functional purposes, favoring colorful dyes and lively designs to enrich their homes and monasteries. Not bound by the codified rules governing the creation of religious..... More
Wiesbaden: Rippon Boswell and Co. The best auction catalog for the carpet and textile collector. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Most items shown. More
Meredith, NH: April/May 1991. More
Bombay: Taraporevala, 1969. 6 color plates 84 black and white. GWO 1829. A historical summary and survey of contemporary Indian carpet weaving. Includes Nepal. More
December 1995. Italian/English text. Ardebil From Sassanian Iran to the present day by Taher Sabahi Singular perfection The use of colour in the Ardabil Carpet by Jennifer Wearden Djulchir Long-pile carpets from central Asia by Paul Tanghe Tunisian Costumes Traditional dress and head-dress by Marie-France Vivier. More
Providence: Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, 1985. 80 black and white plates and figures. Analysis of the traditional female costume of the Sarakatsani or Karakachani, nomadic shepherds of mainland Greece. Uncommon. More
Boston: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1938. 49 black and white collotype plates showing 100 examples. From the foreword: This study is a brief catalogue of representative types of Islamic textiles dating from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries of the Christian era and chosen from the collection of..... More
Alma Ata: Kainor, 1981. 135 color plates 75 black and white figures. GWO 1611. This uncommon book focuses on Kazakh decorative arts and handicrafts that would furnish their yurts. Illustrations include 105 piled and flatwoven rugs, felts, woven trappings and embroideries. Russian and Kazakh text with an unhelpful English summary..... More
![Tapis de Tribus [Tribal Rugs]. James Opie](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS006375I.JPG?v=1434447155)
Paris: Flammarion, 1993. 291 color plates 15 black and white. Major work. Strong on Persian tribal rugs. French language edition of Opie's Tribal Rugs. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. More
London: Holland Press, 1968. 5 color plates 271 black and white. This massive and beautiful tome contains 276 plates of these iconic miniatures reprinted in a limited edition of 500 from the original 1912 edition. More
Basle: Ciba Review, 1943. Black and white illustrations. More
Basle: Ciba Review, 1938. Black and white illustrations. More
Hodenhagen: Ausstellung Des Freundeskreises Orientalischer Teppiche Und Textilien in Norddeutschland, 2006. 106 color photographs. Hans-Gerhard Bach's extraordinary collection of nomadic piled and flatwoven Persian bags. Minimal German text. Uncommon. More
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer/Weltkunst Verlag, 1985. 95 color plates, 5 black and white photographs, 34 black and white figures of design motifs and weaving structures. GWO 1949. This important book on these Persian nomadic rugs includes the area's tribal structures, dyes, and ornaments. With glossary. German/English text. More
![The Old Textiles of Turkey [2 volumes]. Akira Haneda, Mitsukuni Yoshida, Heizo Tatsumura](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS010002I.JPG?v=1455168549)
Kyoto: Korinsha, 1966-67. 100 color relief-halftone plates. GWO 2320. Two volume set. Turkish silks and velvets from the 15th-18th century from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection. Lists of plates and captions in Japanese and English. Scarce and beautiful. [CSROT t1835]. More
![Rug Designs of the Turkmen and Their Neighbors] Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der mit Namen...](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS000050I.JPG?v=1420089080)
Dusseldorf: Galerie Schreiber, (1983). 300 black and white. GWO 1663. Alphabetical list of named rug and textile design motifs of the Turkmen. Minimal German text. More
New York: E. Weyhe, 1940. 55 black and white. GWO 1660. Number 118 in a limited edition bound for members of the Hajji Baba club. An early standard text on Turkmen carpets published by the New York Hajji Baba Club. More
Washington DC: National Publishing Company, 1957. 10 color plates 39 black and white. GWO 1895. Textile Museum catalogue raisonne of Mamluk and Egyptian Ottoman rugs and fragments described and shown in detail. Important work of a major collection. [CSROT 7000]. More
![Kazak: A selection of nineteenth century carpets] Kazak: Selezione di tappeti dell'ottocento....](/pictures/thumb/BOOKS000199I.JPG?v=1434447040)
Milano: Tappeti Pgregiati, 1982. 18 color plates. GWO 1482. Scarce Italian dealer exhibition catalog from private collections. More
New York: Tiffany Studios, 1907. 1 color plate 34 black and white. #357 of 500 copies. Exhibition catalog of exceptional rugs. [GWO 1067, CRES 1190, SORB G-1446]. More
Vienna: Julius Orendi, 1930. 18 color plates 1000 black and white illustration. GWO 862. Important early standard work in two volumes. Volume 1: 280 pp. 7 color plates. Volume 2: 327 pp. 11 color plates, 1000 black and white. Includes folding map. German text. [CSROT 3401]. More
Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1953. 64 black and white. GWO 741. A well known dealer's collection of which 43 of the full page plates are Oriental carpets and the remaining 21 are of European rugs and tapestries. Limited to 300 copies. More
London: Ernest Benn, 1924. 20 color plates. GWO 645. A sumptuously produced printed volume of many famous rugs in this museum collection. Limited to 450 copies of which this is copy #49. [CSROT 223]. More
