Antique Oriental Rugs Carpets - Types Designs Regions / Scarce Illustrated Book

Description

Approximately 200 superb color photographs with identifying captions highlight this early out-of-print book on
RUGS AND CARPETS OF THE ORIENT
.  By Nathaniel Harris, Hamlyn Publishing, NY, 1977.
This comprehensive book is “specifically written for the newcomer to the subject, and is an essential guide to what is available, what is impossibly expensive and why, the differences between the rugs of Turkey, Persia, Caucasia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and China, and much else.  A chapter is devoted to each of these main areas, and the carpet-types from the various towns and villages are discussed and illustrated in color.  There is a chapter covering in text and diagrams all the beginner needs to know of the technicalities of weaving.  Another explains and illustrates some of the constantly recurring motifs used in carpets, such as the mina khani, mir-i-botah and the mysterious ‘Hand of Fatima’.  Chapters on famous historical carpets and on starting and looking after a collection complete the book.”
Oversize 9.3” x 12.9” hardback with dust cover in very good condition (dust cover has repaired 2” tear).  96 pages.
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