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Graf and Raaflaub AG, Basel, 1978. Softcover, used, as new. 6 p., 4 plates of 27 pieces, 1 color illus., 29.5 x 21 cm. A dealer's small brochure, with examples of Azerbaijan, Turkish, Persian, and Caucasian kilims. Two pages of text on flatweaves in general.. ... more information

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Graf and Raaflaub AG, Basel, 1975. No ISBN. Softcover, used, as new. 6 p., 4 plates of 16 pieces, 1 color illus., 29.5 x 21 cm. A dealer's small brochure, with examples of 19th century Tekke, Salor, Saryk, Yomud and Tschoudor rugs and bags. Two pages of text on Turkmen rugs in general.. ... more information

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ICOC, 1996. Hardcover. New book. no dust jacket (as issued). 224 p., illus., 30.5 x 21.5 cm. The text of 24 papers presented at the 7th ICOC in Hamburg/Berlin in 1993; in English; the illustrations are not always good, but the importance of the book lies in t. he text; useful for people who missed the conference, or whose notes are illegible. One of 520 copies.. ... more information

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Academie de la Republique Socialiste de Roumanie, 1965, no ISBN. Softcover. Used, good condition. Articles: Ceramique persane ancienne du Musee d'Art de l'Academie de la Republique Soc. de Roumanie; Reflexions sur la methodologie de l'histoire de l'art; Ion Tuculescu; Problemes de l'art ancien dan l'oeuvre de . Vasile Parvan; Monuments gothiques dan les anciennes residences de Valachie; La toiture des anciens monuments d'architecture moldave; l'ornementation dans la peintu... more information

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Achdjian et Fils, 1979. No ISBN. Softcover / paperback. New book, but shelf worn. 110 p.,46 illus., 12 in color, 28 x 20 cm. A dealer's exhibition catalogue, commemorating 50 years of business; a good selection of 17th - l9th century rugs from Turkey to China (and also a signed an. d dated - 1928 - Armenian rug made in near Paris); the text has an introductory comment on problems of classification & attribution, and brief notes on each rug. . ... more information

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Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. no date (1970). Paper, very good condition, 4 p., no illus., 28 x 21.5 cm. A mimeographed exhibition brochure, for an exhibition of Indonesian textiles, which describes, in a general fashion, these textiles.. ... more information

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Textile Museum, n.d.(1970). Paper, very good condition, 4 p., no. illus., 28 x 21.5 cm. A mimeographed exhibition brochure, for an exhibition of Indonesian textiles, which describes, in a general fashion, these textiles.. ... more information

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Harper. 1996. ISBN: 0887307884. Hardcover. Used, very good condition in very good dust jacket. 1st edition.. ... more information

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Los Angeles, Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1978 no ISBN. Softcover. New. 65 p., 41 illus., 27 in color, 22.5 x 20 cm. Exhibition catalogue; detailed and based on first hand experience of the authors.. ... more information

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Los Angeles, Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1978 no ISBN. Softcover. New. 65 p., 41 illus., 27 in color, 22.5 x 20 cm. Exhibition catalogue; detailed and based on first hand experience of the authors.. ... more information

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Heyne Verlag, 1993. ISBN 3-453-06058-X. Softcover. New book. 286 p., 91 illus., 56 in color, 21 x 14 cm. A introductory book for an antiques collector: rugs range from the Pazyryk and a large number of 16th/17th rugs to gabbeh, Turkmen, and modern Tibetan,; the text describes the histo. ry of carpet production, dyes & materials, symbols & design types (hunting carpets, etc), rugs from Europe, and then rugs from major rug producing areas. There is a section on purchasing rugs, also. In German... more information

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n.d. (1971) NO ISBN. Paperback. Used, very good condition. 32 p., 59 color illus., 30 x 22.5 cm. A brochure on modern Afghan carpets, with ads from carpet & Afghan sheepskin coat manufacturers & exporters. Includes a map with the main production areas.. ... more information

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Verlag Frank Diehr, 2002. Softcover. New book. 2002, 48 p., 20 color illus., 29.5 x 21 cm. Dealer's exhibition catalogue, of 20 village rugs: 12 Persian (Kordi, Lur, Shahsavan etc., 4 Turkish, 2 Caucasian, 2 Baluch; the pieces are mostly small: bag faces, small kilims, h. orse trapping and most are 19th century. The text comments on the rugs. One of 200 copies. There is a separate German edition.. ... more information

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2002. Hardcover. New book in dust jacket. 269 p., 162 illus., 22 in color. A biography of this noted ethnographer, with 14 interviews by co-workers and friends; some of her photographs of Kyrgyz costume, culture and landscape; translations of the parts . on pile carpets of two of her articles: Distinctive features of the material culture and applied art of the Southern Kyrgyz (1962) and Popular applied decorative arts of the Kyrgyz (1968).. ... more information

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J.P. Willborg, Stockholm. 1992. ISBN. Hardcover. New book. 164 p., 118 color illus., 24.5 x 24.5 cm. Dealer's exhibition catalogue on flatweaves: Turkish, Persian, Caucasian, Balkan, Peruvian, & Swedish; most are small and most are 19th century. Text describes methods of kilim makin. g, their role, and provides advice on buying; each item has a brief commentary. In Swedish/ English.. ... more information

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Thames and Hudson, 1995. ISBN 0-500-27841-5. Softcover. Used, fine condition. 144 p., 43 color illus., 25 x 17.5 cm. A survey of kilims which starts slowly: what a kilim is, who makes them, how to buy (and sell), and then works up to a fairly detailed description of current, and sometimes fo. rmer production for both major & minor (Albania, Algeria, Iraq) kilim producing areas. As with his other books, the type face is small, so there is a lot of information packed in this book. ISBN 0-500-27841-... more information

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Dover, 1980. ISBN 0486239926. Paperback / softcover. Used, good condition, no internal marks, text block fairly tight, corners bumped, front cover creased.. ... more information

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Canadian Museum of Arts and Textiles. 1977. No ISBN. Softcover / paperback. New book. 24 p., 15 illus., 28 x 21 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Canadian Museum of Carpets and Textiles, with an all-too-brief, light-hearted text pointing out that what is said and supposedly known about the rugs illustrated. varies widely from author to author. . ... more information

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College Art Association of American, 1990, volume LXXII (72), number 1. Paperback / softcover. Used, very good condition. Articles: Binski: The Cosmati at Westminster and the English Court Style; Davidson: The Navigazione d'Enea Tapestries Designed by Perino del Vaga for Andrea Dorea; Orso: The Decorations at the Roya. l Exequies for Isabella of Bourbon; Posner: Mme. de Pompadour as a Patron of the Visual Arts; Heleniak: Old Kaspar: Pictorial Pacifism in the Napoleanic Period; Brown: The DeGas-Musson ... more information

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American Art Association, New York, 1925. No ISBN. Hardcover. Used, good condition: scattered foxing; spine missing, back hinge starting to crack. This is a collection of 73 classic carpets from the 15th - 17th centuries (as dated by Mr. Benguiat).. ... more information

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