Search Results: Authors starting with S from The Rug Book Shop

Leonardo - de Luca editore. Soft cover. New. Softcover. New book. Out of print. 81 p., 40 color illus., 28 x 20.5 cm. 19th century Western aand Central Anatolian village rugs; text mostly describes the rugs; technical descriptions. In Italian / English.

1997. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New, but with edges and spine bumped from shipping. 63 p., 58 illus., 56 in color, 28.5 x 21 cm. Dealer's exhibition catalogue with 38 Anatolian examples; the text describes their characteristics, and ties them in with other examples fr om Persia and the Caucasus, and an Egyptian example from the 18th dynasty (circa 1400 B.C.) now in the Egyptian Museum in Turin.

Tipografia Rumor Editrice. Vicenza 1995, 1995. Soft cover. New. Paperback. New book. Light cardboards cover with dust jacket. 136 p., 42 color illus., 72 illus., 64 in color., 30.5 x 24.5 cm. Exhibition catalogue of East Turkestan rugs drawn from four Italian dealers; essays on the geography & history of the area, on Sinkiang textile production and history and on characteristics of rugs from Kashgar, Yarkand, and Khotan. The rugs range in age from late 19th century, in traditional designs, to the 1940's, where the designs show Chinese and French floral influences. In English/ Italian.

Cato Art Publications, 1998. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 142 p., 97 illus., 96 in color, 31 x 24.5 cm. Sections on Shahsavan subgroups, their tent, weaving traditions (including piled rugs), designs, jajims themselves, and then plates of 42 examples. Good color. English text only. One of 500 numbered copies.

Electa, 2009. Hardcover. New. New. Hardcover, in a box. 353 p., circa 500 color illus., 32 x 25 cm. The text has a history of flatweaves from the 5th century B.C. (fragments from archological sites) to the 19th century, and the usual section on materials, construction, designs and symbols. But most of the book consists of pictures of 19th century flatweaves from Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, India, Morocco and Tunisia. In Italian.

Firenze / Florence: Karta, 1987. Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover. Newbook. 95 p., 48 illus., 23 in color, 29 x 22 cm. Describes & discusses the use of these sampler rugs; examples are 19th & 20th century Persian & Turkish. In Italian.

Leonardo - de Luca editore, 1992. Soft cover. New. Paper. New book. 133 p., 88 illus., 48 in color, 31 x 24.5 cm. A dealer's catalogue; 46 page introduction on sumakhs, then plates of 19th and early 20th century examples. In Italian and English.

Chicago: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1986. Hardcover. New. Hard. New book. 463 p., about 400 color illus., 35 x 24.5 cm. A huge general guide to rugs, with emphasis on older ones, from Turkey to China with brief mentions of North Africa & the Balkans; a lot of detail; most of the illustrations are of parts of rugs, to illustrate points in the text; glossary; 3 page bibliography in small print; list of important museums & rug societies. In Italian. Boxed. Out of print.

1993. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 136 p., 42 color illus., 72 illus., 64 in color., 30.5 x 24.5 cm. Exhibition catalogue of East Turkestan rugs, mostly early 20th century, drawn from a number of Italian dealers; essays on the geography & history of the area, an d on Sinkiang textile production and history. In English/ Italian.

Taher Sabahi, Torino. 1998. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 144 p., 94 illus., 87 in color, 31 x 24.5 cm. Chapters on the history of rug production (based in part on archeological textiles), techniques, symbolism of designs, and commercial production in the 19th/20th centuries, followed by plates of 42 rugs from a travelling exhibition of dealer's 19th and early 20th century rugs. The color is good. In English/Italian. One of c. 600 copies.

Neiriz Gallery, 1991. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 170 p., 70 color pl., 30 x 21 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Neiriz, of Persian kilims; most are 19th century, in good condition; colors are good. In German. One of 1,000 copies.

Mapin, Ahmedabad, Grantha edition, Middletown, N.J. 1987., 1987. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book, in sealed shrink wrap. 64 p., 56 color illus., 30 x 22.5 cm. The catalogue of an exhibition: The Voyage of a Cloth in Jakarta with 19th century to modern examples of these textiles, from Gujerat; the text describes the items with focus on the design elements; introduction on who makes them, the designs, uses of these fabrics, and trade.

Paperback / softcover. Used, very good condition. 1979, 31 p., 32 bl & wh illus., 15 x 23 cm. Exhibition catalogue, University of Colorado Museum, of some of Sarkisian's 19th Caucasian rugs, with one 16th century one, with comments on rugs from these areas.

British Publishing Company Ltd. Soft cover. Near Fine. Paperback. Used, near fine condition, no internal marks, slight foxing top edge. No date of publication but circa 1970

Galerie Sailer, 1996. Soft cover. New. Paperback / softcover. New book. 69 p., 33 color illustrations. Dealer's exhibition catalogue, celebrating 20 years of business, with both plates showing the insides of various exhibition halls & business sites and then some of the author's favorite textiles; about half of the textiles have been published previously, although some not since Martin's book. The 20 textiles are 4 15th - 16th rugs: a Mamluk and 3 Turkish rugs, 2 17th century embroideries, one Safavid and one Turkish, 11 19th century rugs from Iran, Turkey, the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and China, 2 Nazca textiles and 1 Bakuba one

Galerie Sailer, 1984. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 63 p., 38 color illus., 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Dealer's exhibition catalogue (Sailer Gallery) of flatweaves; about half are Peruvian (archeologic) and early 19th century Swedish; the rest Persian, Turkish, Caucasian, Turkmen & Navajo. Brief paragraphs describing each textile. In German & English.

Schiffer, 1991. ISBN: 0887403190. Soft cover. New. 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 Hills, Teec Nos Pos, Shiprock, & western reservation. Some of the weavers are identified; colors look a little off.

Verlag Paul Haupt. Bern. Aus dem schweizerischen Landesmuseum 14. 1960. No ISBN. Soft cover. Good. Softcover. Used, good, but ex-library Cooper Union Museum Library; duplicate from the Library of Congress. 16 p. plus 16 black and white illustrations.

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Bulletin, volume 25, no. 1, p. 11-18, 1967. Soft cover. Good. Softcover / paperback. Used, good condition. p. 11 - 18, 55 illus. Description of two 1750-1760 Lyon silks, with analysis of similar silks from other collections.

Deutsches Textilmuseum, Krefeld, 1986. No ISBN, 1986. Soft cover. New. Paperback/ softcover. New Book. 92 p, about 250 illus., 26.5 x 20.5 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Deutsches Textilmuseum & Schloss Rheydt of non-rug textiles from Africa, Indonesia, Persia, India, Turkey, Central Asia, the Philippines, China, Japan, Peru and the Balkans. Brief descriptions of all items. In German.