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Westmoreland County Museum of Art, 1975. Softcover. New book. 84 p., 61 illus., 5 in color, 20 x 20 cm. Exhibition catalogue of 19th century rugs, owned by Pennsylvania collectors and exhibited by the Pittsburgh Rug Society. The text can serve as a good brief introduction to Oriental rugs. .. ... more information

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1996.. Paperback / softcover. New book. 114 p., 66 illus., 32 in color, 30 x 23 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Georgia Museum of Art / Gibbs Museum of Art, of the Tamor & Elaine Shah collection of Turkmen, Uzbek, Kirghiz, & Arab rugs, flatweaves, ikats, and a. few pieces of jewelry; most pieces are late 19th-early 20th century; text describes the pieces (with technical descriptions), and provides introductions to felts, julkhirs, suzani & ikats, with a fair amount of detail; glossary of terms.. ... more information

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Self-published, 1979.. Softcover. New book. 33 p., 25 illus., 5 in color, 15 x 22 cm. Short monograph on these rugs.. ... more information

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1998. Paper. New book. 116 p., 122 color illus., 30.5 x 23 cm. Exhibition catalogue for the 1998 AORTA convention; text describes the textiles in the exhibition, and also (by Amy Newhall) the history of the rug trade & collectors in Arizona. About 1/5 . of the examples are Turkmen; 1/5 Baluch; smaller numbers of Caucasian, mixed Persian, donkey & salt bags, Turkish, Sanjabi Kurd, Tibetan & Saudi Arabian. One of 1000 copies.. ... more information

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1994.. Hard. New book. 745 p., no illus., 22 x 14.5 cm. A update of Enay & Azadi's bibliography, with both more titles published before 1977, when Enay & Azadi's bibliography stopped, and titles published through 1993. This bibliography also includes re. lated books on arts & textiles, some magazine articles and some auction catalogues. 2875 entries; organized by geographic area for rugs; cross indices by author/ title/ geographic area/ type of rug (Baluch, Kurd, classic & flatw... more information

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George W. O'Bannon, 2000.. Paperback. New book. Two volumes; volume I: 119 p., 97 illus., 89 in color.; vol. II: 83 p., 49 color illus., 30.5 x 23 cm. This is O'Bannon' s last work; it consists of a translation of the three most important works on the Kirghiz: two by Anti. pina (Characteristics of the Material Culture and Applied Art of the Southern Kygyz; The Decorative Arts of the Kyrgyz) and one by Beresneva (The Kyrgyz Carpet Collection in the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow), plus ... more information

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Rochester Museum and Science Center, 1990. ISBN: 0938551000. Paperback. New book. 128 p., 44 color illus., 21.5 x 21.5 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Amstey collection, Rochester Museum and Science Center, with excellent articles on Turkmen ethnohistory, textile production and dyes, and an interesting selection . of textiles. . ... more information

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1994. Paperback. New book. 24 p., 36 illus., 28 x 21.5 cm. An exhibition of 19th century Turkmen & circa 1900 Turkmen jewelry; good pithy introductory text on the Turkmen, their carpets, designs, jewelry. . ... more information

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China Heritage Arts Foundation, n.d.(1997) ISBN: 9627956082. Paperback / softcover. New book. 121 p., 62 color illus., 29.5 x 21 cm. The author speaks Mandarin and Turkish; the text reflects in part a 2 month excursion to the Tarim basin, to survey local methods of natural dyeing, including recipes. The auth. or also explains how, she, a woman, was able to interview Uighur male informants. There are also chapters on the history of textile production in this area based on archeological and Chinese historic... more information

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Office National de l'Artisanat, no date (post 1959). No ISBN. Softcover. Used, good condition. 138 p., 68 color illus., 27 x 21 cm. A catalogue of Tunisian rugs available from this governmental bureau; essentially no text; there are a variety of geometric, floral and medallion designs.. ... more information

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Eren, Istanbul, 1989. ISBN: 9757622028. Hardcover. New book. 1989, 208 p., 80 color pl., 28.5 x 21 cm. The text briefly describes kilims in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art; most of the book consists of illustrations of kilims from this museum.. ... more information

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1992. Hardcover. New book. 328 p., 356 illus., 291 in color, 12 maps, 31 x 24 cm. A big section on tribal life, tribal art, and the history of motifs; then sections on tribes and their weavings: Lur, Bakhtiyari, Kurd, Qashqa'i, Khamseh, Afshar, Baluch, S. hahsavan, Turkish, Caucasian, Turkmen. The text reflects personal experience in the Middle East and extensive reading.. ... more information

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Water Pollution Control Federation, 1968 (1st printing 1963) No ISBN. Paperback / softcover. Used, very good condition (some cover wear and spine fading). ... more information

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Oriental Rug Importers Association, Inc., Winter 1993. Softcover. Used, very good condition,. ... more information

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ICOC, 1986. No ISBN. Paperback / softcover. Used, as new. 57 p. text plus 80 p. ads.,30 x 21.5 cm. This is the glossy catalogue for the 5th ICOC, with the program list, list of museums in Budapest & Vienna, a list of rugs in the exhibition of rugs at the conference (de. scribed more fully in the book by Butterweck) and lots of glossy illustrations by rug dealers. Probably of most value to someone who was there & now wants a catalogue as a belated souvenir, or someone who was not there & what t... more information

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Munchen (Munich), self-published, 1980.. Hardcover. New book, but corners bumped in shipping. 119 p., 57 illus., 54 in color, 28 x 21.5 cm. A dealer's book comparing Oriental rugs to modern paintings; many of the rugs are old, and the comparisons are entertaining. In German.. ... more information

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Amsterdam, Vereeniging voor Oostersche Tapijtkunde, 1946. No ISBN. Paperback / softcover. Used, good condition: the text block is fairly tight, cover in good shape; the text pages are brown; the plates are printed on glossy paper and are in good shape. 56 p. of text plus 19 bl & wh plates, 19 x 13 cm. Exhibitio. n catalogue of 17th - 19th century carpets, mostly Turkish, Caucasian and Persian, from Dutch collections. The text comments about classic carpets and then describes the examples. In Dutch... more information

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