London: Gerald Duckworth & Co, 1975. Later printing. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. Quarto. xvi, 384pp. Index. Double column text. Original colored pictorial dust jacket, lettered in white, over dark red cloth with embossed gilt ornament on cover and gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with 4 color plates, 9 regional maps, and 419 black & white photos. D.j. edges very slightly age toned, otherwise a fine copy.

A survey of the carpet-weaving industry of Persia based on Edwards' fifty years' experience of the Persian carpet trade, thirteen of them in Persia itself, visiting at regular intervals every important weaving center in the country, including maps of the weaving areas and photographs of carpet centers and of manufacturing processes. Profusely illustrated with four color and 419 b/w reproductions of carpets, carpet designs, maps and b/w photographs of vicinities throughout. Standard work on Persian carpets of the late 19th to mid 20th century. Indexes at rear include chronology of the Persian carpet, carpet exports, Persian measures and equivalents, places, tribes and persons, and a general index.

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Bookseller: Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 52772
Title: The Persian Carpet
Author: Edwards, A. Cecil
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - near fine
Jacket Condition: near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Later printing
ISBN 10: 071560256X
ISBN 13: 9780715602560
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Persian textiles, weavings, clothes, First edition, Illustrated, Reference, carpet industry, Persian carpets

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