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All Colour Book of Oriental Carpets and Rugsby Reed, Stanley
DescriptionSydney: Octopus Books -- Angus and Robertson, 1972. 700 g; 72 pages, 102 colour photographs, some showing detail. Illustrated end pages, both front and rear boards there a decoration of a carpet in blue, black, and white and red. The colour illustrated dust jacket has a 1.0 inch tear at the lower left-hand corner of the front panel, and appears slightly faded on the left-hand margin of the same panel. Now protected. From before the Christian era right down to the present day men have prized oriental carpets and rugs as works of art. Examples of many of the most beautiful these articles from then until now I described in illustrated in more than 100 glowing colour plates, with a brief introduction to the history of Oriental hand-made knotted carpets and rugs.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photographic. Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Craft -- Weaving. Similar books from this booksellerFrom this bookseller's Antiques catalog.
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