Handweavers' Reference
Bedford, Nova Scotia: Mary E. Black, 1954. Subject bibliography of weaving. Deaccessioned from an important museum library. Minimal marks. More
Bedford, Nova Scotia: Mary E. Black, 1954. Subject bibliography of weaving. Deaccessioned from an important museum library. Minimal marks. More
Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. This up-to-date, comprehensive, thematically indexed bibliography devoted to Afghanistan now and yesterday will help readers to efficiently find their way in the massive secondary literature available. Following the pattern established by one of its major data sources, viz. the acclaimed Index Islamicus, both journal articles..... More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995. Three volume set of the comprehensive Indiana University Research for Inner Asian Studies bibliography. Part I: History, Religion, Culture. Part II: Descriptions and Travel, Written Sources for Central Asian History, Ethnography, Folklore, Folk Entertainments, Physical Anthropology. Part III: Archaeology, Numismatics, Architecture, Visual Arts, Auxiliary Historical..... More
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1980. 320 black and white illustrations and diagrams. More
New York: Clifford and Lawton, (1926). 28 black and white. GWO 210. Good for understanding the terminology of the time. Want to know what a "hatchli" is? More
Cairo: American University of Cairo Press, 1961. No illustrations. GWO 2736. A massive bibliography of Islamic architecture and arts and crafts. The "Arts and Crafts" section includes textiles, carpets, embroidery, Kashmir shawls, Tiraz wool, lace, linen and mats. More
Washington D.C. The Textile Museum, 1966 (1980). 376 Black and White. terminology have always been minefields of conflicting, inconsistent, and inadequate usage. Even the word "textile" (from the Latin texere, to weave), properly applied to woven "fabrics," is in popular idiom often used to mean "fabric" in general - the..... More
Washington D.C. The Textile Museum, 1966. 376 black and white. GWO 2747. First edition of this important and ground-breaking title. More
Hannover: 1977. Oriental rug book bibliography. Pencil marked prices throughout. German text. More
Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1964. Bibliography of the "Anthrogeography" of Southwest Asia compiled by this American anthropologist and expert on Middle Eastern civilizations. No illustrations. More
Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1928. 29 color plates, 320 black and white. Coptic, European, and Oriental textiles. Biblioteca de Artes Industriales, IV. Spanish translation of the 1927 classic work. More
Milano: Moshe Tabibnia, 1999. Bibliography of Italian language rug and carpet books. Italian text. More
Yerevan: Armenian State Ethnographic Museum, 1984. Uncommon. Unillustrated. 832 entries. Text in English, Armenian, and Russian. More
London: Hali Publications, Ltd., 2001. No illustrations. Index covers Hali Magazine issues 85-114. This magazine is the premier publication for the antique and collectable Oriental rug and carpet world. More
Bangkok: White Lotus, 1994. 101 color plates. This bibliography provides the first in-depth compilation of the literature in this field. The material covered ranges from academic theses to articles in fashion magazines and newspapers. It provides a guide to this complex literature for the specialist and librarian as well as..... More
New York: Praeger, 1958. 16 color plates 288 black and white. Standard reference. Revised from Flemming's 1927 classic. More
New York: Praeger, 1958. 16 color plates 288 black and white. Standard reference. Revised from Flemming's 1927 classic. More
Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2000. Unillustrated. 3,539 entries. "This comprehensive work focuses on literature relating to the textile traditions of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Indexes by author, museum, geographic location, and subject allow immediate access to relevant sources. This comprehensive work focuses on literature relating to..... More
Washington DC: Routledge, 2004. "This handbook is designed to help researchers, journalists, students, and business people to locate the rich array of Washington institutions and organizations that focus on issues pertaining to Central Asia and the Caucasus region, particularly in the post-Soviet period. Washington's status as a major repository of..... More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1994. Required reading for Oriental rug bibliophiles, this is the most important reference to books in the field. 2875 entries. More
London: Allen and Unwin, 1954. First edition. Uncommon. Illustrated with line drawings. More
Guatemala City: Museo Ixchel Del Traje Indigena, 1993. Unillustrated. English/Spanish text. More
(No Place): The Siam Society, [1993]. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. More
New York: Pantheon, 1952. 8 color plates 256 black and white. GWO 2483. Standard work on historical textiles of the Middle East and Europe. More