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Return to Tradition: The Revitalization of Turkish Village Carpetsby Anderson, June
Book desription: Univeristy of Washington Press, 1998. The pages are crisp, white and clean with no creases, tears or writing. The cover has faint scratches and bumped top corners. The rear cover is dented near the spine. The binding is tight. This book focuses on woollen pile carpets handknotted by village women in western Turkey. It presents the story of a unique carpet-weaving project supervised by Marmara University in Istanbul that reintroduced natural dyes and revitalized an indigenous textile art. The book includes information about the designs, colors, motifs, and symbolism of the carpets. Fully illustrated. 80 pgs.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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