Carpets for the Home
London: Laurence King Publishing, 1999. 98 color plates. How-to on decorating a home with antique oriental rugs and flatweaves.
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Oriental Rugs of the Silk Route: Culture, Process, and Selection
New York: Rizzioli, 2000. Over 100 color plates. "A compelling text and stunning color photography complemented by vintage black-and-white images transport you to Middle Eastern villages and cities,revealing the rug-making culture and process there. From colorfully dressed peasants tending sheep, carding wool, and boiling natural dyes in Turkey and India's...
The Oriental Rug
New York: Harper and Row, 1978. 102 color plates. GWO 219. Excellent introductory book with high quality examples and a strong Chinese section.
Tribal and Village Rugs: The Definitive Guide to Design, Pattern and Motif
New York: Thames and Hudson, 2004. Over 1600 color illustrations. An indispensable resource for all collectors and scholars of Oriental rugs and carpets. ****** "Drawing on the rich weaving traditions of the Near East and Central Asia, the clearly presented text is divided into six major regional and tribal groupings...
Oriental Carpet Design: A Guide to Traditional Motifs, Pattern and Symbols
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1981 (1992). 400 color plates, 400 black and white. GWO 403. An essential guide for the beginning collector.
Dictionary of Oriental Rugs with a Monograph on Identification by Weave
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.
Oriental Rugs in Renaissance Florence
Florence: S.P.E.S., 2007. 132 color plates. Much has been written about the trade in Oriental rugs in Europe – in Italy in particular – using documentary and visual sources to identify types. Marco Spallanzani’s book takes the study of the trade to a higher level of precision and insight. It.....
Textil Kunst Feuer. Teppiche und Textilien aus österreichischen Privatsammlungen [Rugs and Textiles from Austrian private Collections]
Graz: Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Textil-Kunst-Forschung, 1999-2002. 99 color plates. Beautifully produced Austrian Society for Textile-Art-Research (Gesellschaft Zur Förderung der Textil-Kunst-Forschung) publication. An impressive cross-section of Austrian collections, never before published in color or at all, comprising carpets from Morocco to Indonesia as well as knotted pieces and ikats. Slight.....
Eine Sammlung orientalischer Teppiche: Beitrag zur Geschichte des orientalischen Teppichs an Hand von 47 durch die Persische-Teppiche-Gesellschaft gesammelten Knüpfarbeiten der letzen 4 Jahrhunderte [A Collection of Oriental Carpets: A Contribution to the
Berlin: Scarabaeus-Verlag, 1923. 4 color plates 58 black and white. Standard work illustrating a dealer collection of classical carpets. Blue cloth binding. German text. "[A Collection of Oriental Carpets: A Contribution to the History of the Oriental Carpet by Means of 47 Knotted Works Collected During the Last Four Centuries...
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Handwoven Carpets, Oriental and European: Volume l Text + Volume II Plates [Two Volumes]
London: Benn Brothers, 1922. 18 color plates 186 black and white. Early and important work on classical to early 19th century rugs from the major rug weaving areas. [GWO 646, CSROT 224, CRES 1167, SORB G-826].
Woven Magic: A Book About Kilims / Vävd magi. En bok om kelim
Stockholm: J.P. Willborg, 1992. 112 color plates. Noted dealer's exhibition and sales catalog of antique flatweaves from all major weaving areas, mainly Anatolian, Caucasian and Persian and with Northern European examples as well. The selection reflects the author's good taste. English-Swedish text. [GWO 1126, SORB G-1541].
Heaven in a Carpet: An Exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Lisbon: Snoeck, 2004. 57 color plates 4 black and white 24 color figures. Institut du Monde Arabe and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation exhibition catalog of 56 fine examples from the15th-20th century of Islamic Oriental carpets from various public and private institutions in Europe. [CSROT 6810].
Oriental Rugs in the Home
Chicago: Nahigian Bros. 1913. 8 color plates, 43 black and white. Early US dealer catalog to help educate customers. [GWO 837, SORB G-1106].
The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1911 (1920). 32 color plates 171 black and white. Uncommon in dustjacket. Early and popular general book on Oriental rugs with prices. Fifth expanded edition. [GWO 746, SORB G-963-1].
Handbuch der Orientalischen Teppichkunde (Handbook of Oriental Rug Lore)
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1909 (1920). 16 color plates, 152 black and white. Early general work on classical to 19th century carpets from the major rug producing areas drawn from the Orendi and Giergl inventories as well as various museum. German text. [GWO 846, SORB G-1122].
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