Varanasi: Carpet Export Promotion Council, (2000s?). 101 color plates. Modern Indian carpet manufacturer's catalog from several exporters. Minimal English, Hindi, German and French text. More about Indiya Collections: New Bloom on the Loom
Dhaka: Ismail Carpet Industries Ltd., (No Date). 10 color plates. Catalog from a Bangladeshi manufacturer of jute carpets. More about Ismail Carpet Industries Ltd
Mumbai: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. 324 Color Plates. Comprehensive book on these Indian flatweaves. Includes old examples. More about Dhurrie, Flatwoven Rugs of India
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London: Journal of Indian Art, 1906. 18 color plates 82 black and white. GWO 1827. Uncommon. O'Bannon calls it, "One of the great rug books." Examples include 16th-19th century rugs from Afghanistan, Mughal India and East Turkestan Carpets. Shows a fabulous 10"x29" foldout color plate of the Girdler Carpet from... More about One Hundred Carpet Designs from Various Parts of India [Indian Carpet Designs
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London: Journal of Indian Art, 1906. 18 color plates 82 black and white. GWO 1827. Uncommon. O'Bannon calls it, "One of the great rug books." Examples include 16th-19th century rugs from Afghanistan, Mughal India and East Turkestan Carpets. Shows a fabulous 10"x29" foldout color plate of the Girdler Carpet from... More about One Hundred Carpet Designs from Various Parts of India [Indian Carpet Designs
London: Kennedy Carpets, 1987. 37 color plates, map. GWO 1828. Kennedy Carpets exhibition catalog with large decorative examples of Indian rugs. More about Jail Birds: An Exhibition of 19th Century Indian Carpets
Rome: Doris Leslie Blau and Textilia, 1999. 42 color plates. Dealers' exhibition and sales catalog of this type of Oriental rug. More about India, Cotton Rugs of the Colonial Period 1800-1947
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1909. 15 black and white plates. Uncommon. With chapters on pile carpets, textiles, and embroidery. More about Lahore Museum, Punjab: A Descriptive Guide to the Department of Industrial Art
London: Thames and Hudson, 2003. 248 color plates 17 black and white. More about Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification
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 about Carpets and Floor Coverings of India
New Delhi: All India Handicrafts Board, (1970?). 14 color plates, 17 black and white. GWO 1831. Includes a few Tibetan rugs from refugee camps. Mostly concerns Indian carpets woven between 1960-1970. More about Indian Carpets and Floor Coverings
London: David Black Oriental Carpets, 1982. 22 color plates. GWO 1832. Noted dealer David Black's sales and exhibition catalog of these Indian flatweaves. More about The Unappreciated Dhurrie
Italy: Orientalis, 2008. 12 color plates. Quality dealer publication of Indian Indigo rugs. English/Italian text. More about Indigo Flowers: A Collection of Blue and White Carpets from Rajasthan 1800-1930
Varanasi: Indological Book House, 1982. Tipped-in plates. Handsomely bound in half-leather this volume is a reprint of the original 1866 edition. John Forbes Watson, reporter for the Products of India at the India Office, London included explanatory text and illustrations of how the fabrics were worn as clothing in India... More about The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of The People of India
New Delhi: Samvedana Culture and Heritage Trust, 2006 (2009). 187 illustrations mostly in color. Second revised edition. With bibliography, glossary, and list of noted collections. "For countless thousands of years, Kashmir's location on the Silk Road insured it was a centre for trade, ideas, communication, and progress. Kashmir imported designs... More about Kashmiri Shawls and Carpets
New York: Rizzoli, 1984. 120 color plates, 130 black and white. GWO 1836. First half of book is valuable for antique Mughal and other Indian rugs. Second half is contemporary production. More about Indian Carpets
(Unknown): Pande Cameron, 1970. 11 color plates 5 black and white. Rug manufacturer's catalog showing Indian piled carpets. More about Let Us Weave for You a Tale of Artists, Wool Sorters, Yarn Dyers, Hand Weavers, Hand Carvers
Maiwa, 2005. Shot on location at the Pitchi Reddy indigo farm in southern India. The work also featured indigo use in Sindh, Pakistan; the Vientiane District of Loas; the island of Sumba, Indonesia; Yogyakarta, Indonesia, village Dhamadka, India; and Suleymanköy, Turkey (the village which does most of the wool dying..... More about Indigo: A World of Blue
Varanasi: Purvanchal, 1987. Full color illustrations. "First and Only Authenticated and Authoritative Annual Journal from India on Indian Hand-knotted Carpets and Dhurries". From an Indian carpet manufacturer's annual catalog of statistics, personalities and ads. Good background on the Indian carpet market in the 1980s. Color illustrations are of ads showing... More about Carpet-e-World Volume IX 1987
Varanasi: Purvanchal, 1986. Full color illustrations. "First and Only Authenticated and Authoritative Annual Journal from India on Indian Hand-knotted Carpets and Dhurries". From an Indian carpet manufacturer's annual catalog of statistics, personalities and ads. Good background on the Indian carpet market in the 1980s. Color illustrations are of ads showing... More about Carpet-e-World Volume VIII 1986
Varanasi: Purvanchal, 1991. Full color illustrations. "First and Only Authenticated and Authoritative Annual Journal from India on Indian Hand-knotted Carpets and Dhurries". From an Indian carpet manufacturer's annual catalog of statistics, personalities and ads. Good background on the Indian carpet market in the early 1990s. Color illustrations are of ads... More about Carpet-e-World Volume XIII 1991
Varanasi: Purvanchal, 1994. Full color illustrations. "First and Only Authenticated and Authoritative Annual Journal from India on Indian Hand-knotted Carpets and Dhurries". From an Indian carpet manufacturer's annual catalog of statistics, personalities and ads. Good background on the Indian carpet market in the early 1990s. Color illustrations are of ads... More about Carpet-e-World Volume XVI 1994
Sotheby's. Sale # D09005. Sale of the carpet embroidered with one and a half million "Basra" pearls, this auction catalog displays complete and closeup images as well as descriptions of the history and manufacture of this unique beaded carpet. More about The Pearl Carpet of Baroda March 19, 2009
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1997. 108 color plates. Spectacular exhibition of 16th and 17th century carpets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [SORB I-79, CSROT 6087]. More about Flowers Underfoot, Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era
London: Hali Publications, Ltd., 2007. Handy tourist guide to India's rug scene from Hali magazine. Fully illustrated in color with examples and advertisements. More about India: The Carpet Buyers' Guide
