The atlas of rugs & carpets / edited by David Black.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Tiger Books International, 1994.
Description
255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 30 cm

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    Notes
    • Originally published: 1985.
    • "A comprehensive guide for the buyer and collector"--Cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (page 249) and index.
    Contents
    • [pt. 1.] Carpet production and design
    • Carpet manufacture / Lucy Trench
    • Materials and weaving techniques ; Analysis of carpet structure / Ksynia Marko
    • Dyes / Mark Whiting
    • Oriental carpet design / Susan Day
    • Symbolism in carpets / Schuyler Cammann
    • [pt. 2.] History of carpets
    • Early carpet weaving / Gerard Paquin
    • Early Turkish carpets ; Mamluk and Ottoman carpets / Walter Denny
    • Early Persian carpets / Jennifer Wearden
    • Early Caucasian carpets / Julia Bailey
    • Carpets of Mughal India / Rosemary Crill
    • [pt. 3.] Gazetteer
    • Turkey / Alan Marcuson and Rachael Feild
    • The Caucasus / Ulrich Schürmann
    • Persia / Jennifer Scarce
    • Baluch / Ian Bennett
    • Turkoman / Rachael Feild
    • Eask Turkestan ; Tibet ; China / John Eskenazi
    • India / Steven Cohen and Lucy Trench
    • Morocco / Rachael Feild
    • Europe / Jennifer Wearden
    • North America / Jane Nylander
    • Decorative carpets / Vojtech Blau
    • Buying carpets / David Black
    • Care of carpets / Ksynia Marko.
    Other title(s)
    Atlas of rugs and carpets
    ISBN
    • 1855015005
    • 9781855015005
    OCLC
    35670596
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