Indiya Collections: New Bloom on the Loom
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.
Indian Rugs
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Ismail Carpet Industries Ltd.
Dhaka: Ismail Carpet Industries Ltd., (No Date). 10 color plates. Catalog from a Bangladeshi manufacturer of jute carpets.
Dhurrie, Flatwoven Rugs of India
Mumbai: Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. 324 Color Plates. Comprehensive book on these Indian flatweaves. Includes old examples.
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One Hundred Carpet Designs from Various Parts of India [Indian Carpet Designs]
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...
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One Hundred Carpet Designs from Various Parts of India [Indian Carpet Designs]
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...
Jail Birds: An Exhibition of 19th Century Indian Carpets
London: Kennedy Carpets, 1987. 37 color plates, map. GWO 1828. Kennedy Carpets exhibition catalog with large decorative examples of Indian rugs.
India, Cotton Rugs of the Colonial Period 1800-1947
Rome: Doris Leslie Blau and Textilia, 1999. 42 color plates. Dealers' exhibition and sales catalog of this type of Oriental rug.
Lahore Museum, Punjab: A Descriptive Guide to the Department of Industrial Art
Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1909. 15 black and white plates. Uncommon. With chapters on pile carpets, textiles, and embroidery.
Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification
London: Thames and Hudson, 2003. 248 color plates 17 black and white.
Carpets and Floor Coverings of India
Bombay: Taraporevala, 1969. 6 color plates 84 black and white. GWO 1829. A historical summary and survey of contemporary Indian carpet weaving. Includes Nepal.
Indian Carpets and Floor Coverings
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.
The Unappreciated Dhurrie
London: David Black Oriental Carpets, 1982. 22 color plates. GWO 1832. Noted dealer David Black's sales and exhibition catalog of these Indian flatweaves.
Indigo Flowers: A Collection of Blue and White Carpets from Rajasthan 1800-1930
Italy: Orientalis, 2008. 12 color plates. Quality dealer publication of Indian Indigo rugs. English/Italian text.
The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of The People of India
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...
Kashmiri Shawls and Carpets
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...
Indian 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.
Let Us Weave for You a Tale of Artists, Wool Sorters, Yarn Dyers, Hand Weavers, Hand Carvers...
(Unknown): Pande Cameron, 1970. 11 color plates 5 black and white. Rug manufacturer's catalog showing Indian piled carpets.
Indigo: A World of Blue
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.....
Carpet-e-World Volume IX 1987
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...
Carpet-e-World Volume VIII 1986
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...
Carpet-e-World Volume XIII 1991
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...
Carpet-e-World Volume XVI 1994
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...
The Pearl Carpet of Baroda March 19, 2009
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.
Flowers Underfoot, Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era
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].
India: The Carpet Buyers' Guide
London: Hali Publications, Ltd., 2007. Handy tourist guide to India's rug scene from Hali magazine. Fully illustrated in color with examples and advertisements.
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