Oriental Silk Carpets from the Private Collection of a European Gentleman
Geneva: Sotheby's, 1983. 45 color plates. Auction catalog of Persian silk rugs. More
Geneva: Sotheby's, 1983. 45 color plates. Auction catalog of Persian silk rugs. More
(Tehran): Ehya -E- Ketab Publishing Co., 2004. 113 color plates 207 black and white. Mostly modern rugs from south Khorasan including Belouch, Birjand, Mashad, Kasmar, Gonabad, Dorokhas and Moud. Poor to passable color reproduction. Farsi-English text. More
Copenhagen: De Danske Kongers Kronologiske Samling, 1987. 17 color plates. GWO 2137. Official catalog of the classical Persian carpets in the Danish Royal collections. More
Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1974. 4 color plates, 20 black and white. GWO 2140. Monograph of the two most famous Persian carpets -- one in London, the other in Los Angeles. More
Baar: Georges D. Bornet, 1990. 80 color plates. The second publication of this collection of these shaggy, primitive South Persian tribal rugs with attributions to the Luri and Qashqai. [GWO 2154, P-559]. More
Tehran: Ketab Sara Co. Publishers, 1991. 93 color plates, 47 black and white, 30 black and white figures. GWO 2145. Important private collection of these two types of Persian tribal weavings, sofreh and namakdan, gathered by this celebrated Persian art scholar over 10 years. More
Kashan: Sanat Roos Press, 1978. 45 color plates 5 black and white. Iranian exhibition of author's collection. English/Farsi. [GWO 2147, P-552]. More
Basel: Parvis Tanavoli, 1985. 24 color plates, 38 black and white. GWO 2148. The best produced book on Persian Lion Rugs by this author. Numerous black and white photographs of lions in other media including bronzes and ceramics. More
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2002. 244 color plates 198 black and white. A massive survey of antique collector quality kilim floor covers and hangings. More
Tehran: Nazar Publishing, 2016. 140 color plates. "Iranian sculptor, scholar, and collector Parviz Tanavoli presents a book about the hand-woven bags made by Iran’s tribal peoples. These practical objects are steeped in folkloric narratives and myths, each a unique expression of their makers. Mainly woven by women, the bags are..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1985. 96 color plates 287 black and white. GWO 2151. English language version of the most important work on Northwestern Persian tribal rugs and flatweaves. More
Tehran: Export Promotion Center of Iran, 1992. 50 color plates. Magazines published on the occasion of the International Conference on Persian Carpet. Bound set of 7 volumes. Mostly advertisements. Farsi/English text. More
Oxford / Genoa: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, In Association With The Bruschettini Foundation For Islamic And Asian Art, Genoa, 2010. 222 color and black and white. Carpets and Textiles in the Iranian World 1400 - 1700 is a generously illustrated and meticulously produced compilation in revised form of the..... More
Ankara: Hali Publications, 2017. 150 color plates. Fully illustrated in color. "This fine tribal rug collection, built over many years by a Buenos Aires artist/architect, has at its heart a superb selection of 'Bird' designed rugs, alongside many other characteristic knotted-pile rugs woven by the nomadic tribes of the Khamseh..... More
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1922 (1928). 28 Black and White. GWO 2693. A museum guide to a collection of these Iranian textiles. More
London: Hali Publications, 1998. 170 color plates 15 black and white. Major contribution to this area. "The definitive work on the sumakh technique transport and storage bags made by the Shahsavan and other nomadic groups of Northwest Persia and the Transcaucasus region." -Hali Magazine. More
San Francisco: Pamela Wheeler, 1975. 4 color plates 25 black and white. GWO 2163. Scarce dealer exhibition catalog. 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
Zurich: Efrahim and David Yaghoubi, 1981. 70 color plates. GWO 1138. Scarce dealer sales and exhibition catalog of contemporary and antique Persian nomadic rugs, bags and saddle trappings. With price list. More
Ankara: Province of Van, 1998. 89 full page color plates of rugs, 10 color plates of jewelry, many color illustrations of weavers and the Van region. An attractive, uncommon book on contemporary flatweaves in traditional designs from Van, the Kurish region in southeast Anatolia. With a small section on silver..... More
London: Zadah Persian Carpets, 1983. 4 color plates, 9 black and white. GWO 2168. Dealer exhibition and sales catalog for the 4th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. More
Tehran: Iran Carpet Co., 1973-1974. 400 color plates. 2 volume set. Later printing of Masterpieces of Persian Carpets Volume 1 and 2. English/Farsi text. Modern (1970s) production with an emphasis on urban and village rugs. More
Tehran: Iran Carpet Co., 2005. 57 color plates of rugs 69 historical black and white photographs. Third volume of the Iran Carpet Co. series that used to be known as Masterpieces of Persian Carpets. Rugs are of modern urban production. English/German/Farsi text. More
Tehran: Ministry of Arts and Culture, [1967]. 43 color plates 113 black and white photographs 119 black and white line drawings. Persian text. Scarce. Extensive survey on the clothing of tribal peoples in Iran in the late 60s. Jalil Ziapour was an Iranian painter, academic, researcher, and writer and called..... More