Titles starting with N from The Rug Book Shop

Design Centre, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, 1981. Hardcover. Used, good condition in good dust jacket. 142 p., 97 illus., 63 in color, plus many figures, 22.5 x 28.5 cm. A survey of contemporary crafts, about half of the illustrations are of textiles: sari, kantha, shawls and jute mats and baske. ts. There are also sections on pottery, metalwork and jewelry. The text describes crafts, including areas of production, and names of design elements and type of fabrics.. ... more information

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Dover, 1991. ISBN 0-486-26537-4. Softcover / paperback. Used, new, but corner bumped in shipping from publisher. Reprint of the 1949 ed., 263 p., 123 illus., 21.5 x l3.5 cm. This is smaller in size and the color plates are reproduced in black and white. An early comprehensive gui. de to Navajo blankets.. ... more information

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Museum of New Mexico Press, 1961, 3rd ed., 1963. No ISBN. Softcover. New book.. ... more information

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Art Gallery of Southern Australia and Australian Gallery Directors' Council Ltd., 1978, ISBN 0 7243 2818 1. Softcover. Used, fine condition. 54 p., 38 illus., 6 in color, 30 x 21 cm. An exhibition catalogue of 32 Navajo blankets from the collection of Anthony Berlant. The blankets date from 1850 - 1890. The text, by Joe Ben Wheat, is a reprint of h. is introduction to the Navajo Blankets catalogue published by the University of Arizona Museum of Art.. ... more information

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Museum of New Mexico Foundation, 1975, 1st edition. no ISBN. Softcover. New book. 32 p., 26 illus., 6 in color, 23.5 x 21.5 cm. A short monograph on Navajo pictorial rugs; examples go as far back as 1890, but most are from between 1960 - 1975. Examples includes cows (including one labelled "cow"), scenery. , killing of the great monster, and the Conoco trademark.. ... more information

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Heritage Art, Santa Fe. 1984, 22nd printing (June 1984). ISBN 0-78358-359-0. Softcover. New book.. ... more information

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Northland Publishing Co., 1990, revised, expanded edition. ISBN 0873581385. Softcover. New book. Many illus in color, 128 p., 24 x 17.5 cm. An introductory book, with some history of the navajo and their weaving; also buying information, including on fakes & frauds, and on care of Navajo rugs.. ... more information

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Northland Press, 1974, 1st edition, 5th printing. ISBN 0-87358-138-5. Softcover. New. 114 p., 39 color photos, 23.5 x 19 cm. Guide to prospective purchasers of Navajo rugs.. ... more information

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Hirschl and Adler Folk, n.d. (1991). No ISBN. Softcover. New, but creased in shipping. 8 loose color plates in a three-fold folder, 25.5 x 25.5 cm. Dealer's exhibition catalogue, Hirschl and Adler Folk, of 18 Germantown blankets and Serapes; the illustrations are of details of the rug. Th. e text consists of a list of the rugs, with brief descriptions and a short section of the impact of Germantown yarns on Navajo weavings. Paper. . ... more information

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Textile Museum, n.d. (1972) No ISBN. Softcover. Used, as new condition. 7 p., no illus., 23 x 15 cm. A typed gallery guide to an exhibition of Navajo blankets at the Textile Museum in 1972; the text provides a history of the weaving tradition of the Navajo; there is no list of the . blankets exhibited. . ... more information

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School of American Research, 1985.. Paper. New book. 139 p., 104 illus., 24 in color, 25.5 x 21.5 cm. This grew out of an analysis of the School of American Research textiles, some of which were described by Mera earlier. The work itself is now a description of Navajo weaving from 16. 50 to current production; the tone is scholarly.. ... more information

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Schiffer, 1991. ISBN: 0887403190. Softcover / paperback. New book. 64 p., 171 color illus., 27.5 x 21.5 cm. A survey, largely by illustrations of contemporary (1960 - 1990) Navajo weaving, organized by regional areas: Burntwater, Wide Ruins, Ganado, Crystal, Chinle, Two Gray Hill. s, Teec Nos Pos, Shiprock, & western reservation. Some of the weavers are identified; colors look a little off. . ... more information

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American Museum in Britain, 1991, ISBN 0-9504971-8-5. Softcover. New. 1991, 71 p., 37 illus., 25 in color, 21 x 15 cm. Text on the history of Navajo production; most of the examples are 19th century Navajo, but there are some more modern ones as well as brief sections on Rio Grande blankets and jerg. as. Specimens from the American Museum in Britain.. ... more information

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St. Louis Art Museum, 1997. ISBN 0-89178-075-0. Softcover. New book. 79 p., 51 illus., 48 in color, 30 x 23 cm. Exhibition catalogue, St. Louis Art Museum, of 19th century Navajo rugs (and a few Pueblo textiles); introduction by Hedlund on changes in Navajo designs and weaving during the 19th. century.. ... more information

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Laboratory of Anthropology, General Series, Bulleltin No. 15, 1944. No ISBN. Softcover. Used, fine condition. 14 p., 4 bl & wh illus., 16.5 x 12 cm. A small monograph on these textiles, used up through the 1890's when they were superceded by the modern voluminous dresses.. ... more information

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Alberto Peruzzo Editore, 1971,. Hard. Used, good, dust jacket good. 208 p., 315 color illus., 30.5 x 23.5 cm. Close up illustrations show a variety of embroidery stitches, crocket stitches, & knitting.. ... more information

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New Mexico Magazine, August 1979, volume 57, number 8. Softcover. Used, good condition. Articles include: Gallup-ing Rodeo; Rodeo - A spectator's guide; Rio Grande Textiles - a living tradition; Touring with the fours (antique cars]; Weaver of man seasons (Agueda Martinez], Traditional fare in Taos. ... more information

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Perennial, 1961 copyright; 1986 printing. ISBN 0-06-097043-X. Softcover / paperback. Used, very good condition, but pages beginning to brown.. ... more information

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University of California Press, 1991. Hardcover. New book. 489 p., 44 illus., 298 x 15.5 cm. From Beck's fieldwork in 1970/71; focuses on the headman of a Qashqa'i subgroup to describe nomadic life, tensions within the subgroup and with urban merchants and the Iranian government.. ... more information

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University of California Press, 1991.. Hardcover. New book. 489 p., 44 illus., 298 x 15.5 cm. From Beck's fieldwork in 1970/71; focuses on the headman of a Qashqa'i subgroup to describe nomadic life, tensions within the subgroup and with urban merchants and the Iranian government.. ... more information

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