New York: Thames and Hudson, 1981 (1992). 400 color plates, 400 black and white. GWO 403. An essential guide for the beginning collector. More about Oriental Carpet Design: A Guide to Traditional Motifs, Pattern and Symbols
Seattle: Court Street Press, 1987. 67 color plates. GWO 1379. Wonderful collection of Jim Burns' piled and flatwoven Caucasian rugs. More about The Caucasus: Traditions in Weaving
(Tehran): Nasr-i-Mina, (1996). 173 color plates, 60 black and white. Farsi text with a 19 page English summary and captioned plates of these Persian village rugs from Hamadan, a major Oriental carpet weaving area. [SORB P-531]. More about Pattern History of Hamedan Carpet: A Glance on the Carpets of Malayer, Tuserkan, Nahavand, Asad Abad
Tehran: Tehran Rug Society, 1975. 8 Color Plates, 25 Black and White. GWO 1978. An exhibition catalog of the Tehran Rug Society of these Persian rugs. English/Farsi text. More about Tribal Animal Covers from Iran
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Graz: Konzett AG, 1991. 85 color plates. A general introduction with detailed illustrations of weave structure. Most kilims date to 1800. German text. [GWO 1310, SORB A-451]. More about Woven Poetry, Early Anatolian Kilims] Gewebte Poesie, Frühe Anatolische Kelims. Sammlung Konzett
New York: Watson-Guptill, 1968 (1974). 4 color plates 170 black and white. The classic and still most comprehensive "how-to" book on rug weaving. More about The Techniques of Rug Weaving
Washington DC: TRAN, 1984. 30 black and white figures. Tibetan Rug Association Newsletters Volumes One and Two 1982-1983. A compilation of 16 articles on various aspects of Tibetan rugs. [GWO 1750, CSROT 3202, SORB CET-157]. More about Tibetan Rug News
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Bern: Teppich Stettler, 1983. 12 black and white. Uncommon dealer exhibition and sales catalog of mostly 20th century Baloch rugs with ethnographic information. German text. More about Die Beludschen [The Baluch
London/Brussels: Conru Primitive Art, 1999. Dealer exhibition catalog with 33 objects illustrated in color including one tapa cloth from New Britain. More about The Colour of Melanesia
Munich: Edition Vok, 1996. 107 color plates. Fabulous presentation of the Vok Collection of flatweaves by Azerbaijani Zagros nomads. More about Caucasus Persia: Gilim and other Flatweaves
London: Chartwell Books, 1987 (1995). 15 color plates, 80 black and white figures. Emphasis on repair. [GWO 2721, SORB MCR-3]. More about Care and Repair of Rugs and Carpets
(Philadelphia): Woven Legends, 1992. 37 color plates. Modern landscape carpets from eastern Turkey made with natural dyes.English/German text. More about Azeri, Folklife Carpets
San Francisco: Soma, 1999. 130 color plates. Focus on decorating your home with old and contemporary tribal rugs. More about Kilims: Decorating with Tribal Rugs
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977. 42 color plates. GWO 842. Introductory book organized as a dictionary with color detail of the back of each rug. More about Dictionary of Oriental Rugs with a Monograph on Identification by Weave
Kowloon. Many Color and Black and White Illus. January-February 1987. Volume 17 #1. More about Arts of Asia, Costumes and Weavings Issue
Hong Kong: Bonnie Corwin, 2019. Illustrated in color. Articles include "Ma Shwe Oo- The Burmese Local Patron Saint of Weaving", "Keeping Alive the Textile Traditions of Timor Leste", "West Javanese Batik in an Important Royal Thai Collection" More about Textiles Asia Journal May 2019, Volume 11, Issue 1
Istanbul: Marmara University Press, 2018. Numerous color illustrations. PRE-ORDER ONLY. "Tablet, or çarpana, is the name used for the plates used in producing a group of woven bands known colloquially as 'belt', 'cord' or 'rope'. These handwoven bands were used for a variety of purposes, and long before the industrial... More about Tablet Weaving from Anatolia and the Ottoman Court
New York: Umbrage Editions, 2011. 135 color plates showing 130 examples. There are as many things to like about Visions of Nature as there are different styles of rugs shown within it. This is US rug collector Jim Burns’ third book, all of which have centred on rugs from his... More about Visions of Nature: The Antique Weavings of Persia
London: Duckworth, 1983. Monumental and pioneering work on the evolution of sheep from wild to domesticated and the types of wool produced for textiles and carpets. Numerous black and white illustrations. [SORB PTC-41, GWO 2837]. More about Sheep and Man
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019. 64 color plates. "Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection showcases over 40 examples of visually dynamic Central Asian ikat robes and panels, generous gifts from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection. Organized by motif... More about Power of Pattern: Central Asian Ikats from the David and Elizabeth Reisbord Collection
Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, 1998. 32 color plates 42 black and white. University Art museum exhibition catalog of rugs and textiles from the Turkmen, Uzbek and Kyrgyz peoples. More about From Desert and Oasis: Arts of the People of Central Asia
Rome: Verduci Editore, 2005 (2007). 317 color plates 85 black and white 1 map. Deluxe revised second English edition. Winner of the Romanian Academy's 2008 Oprescu Prize for Art History. Limited to 40. "Today Transylvania continues to be the repository of the richest and best preserved corpus of Turkish carpets... More about Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania, Deluxe Edition
Boston: Leonard and Co., [1893]. Handsome and early auction catalog consisting of 450 lots of rugs from the major weaving areas. Unillustrated. More about Turkish Rugs and Carpets
Paris: Blanchet, 2003. 9 color and 35 black and white. French auction catalog of primarily Pre-Columbian art. 2 color and 5 black and white illustrations are of textiles. 27 May 2003. More about Art Precolombien - Art Orientaliste
1895-1910. No illustrations. Six early auction catalogs from this New England dealer held in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Washington D.C. [GWO 278, 279, 281, 283, 284] Gems in Oriental Rugs 1895 not in GWO. More about Six Early Auction Catalogs
