Antique Oriental European Carpets Rugs – Types Regions Techniques / Scarce Book

Description

193 black-and-white captioned photographs, 16 full-page color plates, and over 100 black-and-white line drawings supplement a rich narrative in this early out-of-print book which reviews the history, production, and types of antique Oriental and European carpets.
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HE BOOK of RUGS: ORIENTAL & EUROPEAN
by Ignaz Schlosser, Crown Publishers, NY, 1960.
This book “is an authoritative guide to the history, techniques of manufacture, and the designs of fine Oriental or Oriental-type carpets.  Ignaz Schlosser, well known as an expert in the field and director emeritus of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Vienna, shows how this ancient craft has developed over the centuries and explains the differences that characterize rugs made in Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia, India, the Caucasus, Turkestan, china, Spain, England, and France.  He describes and illustrates the patterns and symbols employed both in rugs of Court manufacture and in those made for daily use by the nomadic peoples.  The collector and the potential buyer will find Dr. Schlosser’s survey of the 2,000 year-old craft invaluable.  Even the general reader will be fascinated by the informative illustrations:  193 black-and-white photographs and 16 in full color.  The varieties of knot, weave, and pattern, the plants used to make the traditional vegetable dyes, the types of loom—all are clearly pictured in some 50-odd drawings.  There is also practical advice on the purchase and care of oriental carpets, as well as an index, glossary, and a list of museums where famous historical carpet collections can be seen.”  Given the intimate connection between techniques and identification and dating of Oriental carpets, this book provides essential aid to the interior designer, collector, dealer or curator of Oriental-style rugs.
8.65“ x 11.25“ hardback book with dust cover in very good condition (some red unlining in book) .   318 pages.
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