Search Results: Titles starting with D from The Rug Book Shop

Sovietskii Khudozhnik, Moscow / Moskva, 1971. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. Used, very good condition, with good dust jacket; dust jacket is torn along bottom and top, although not chipped. 280 p., 160 illus., 46 in color, 34 x 22 cm. Ceramics, metalwork, woodwork & textiles; the textiles are embroideries, felt s & 22 carpets. The rugs are about half 19th century, half modern; the modern ones tend to be Avar. Little text. In Russian/French/English. Good Russian color.

Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig, 1924. No ISGN. Soft cover. As New. Paperback. Used, as new, pages still uncut, spine faded, shelf wear along edges. In German.

Verlag von J. Cramer, Weinheim, 1965, reprint of 1915 Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn. Soft cover. As New. Paperback. Used, as new, pages still uncut, spine faded..

2014., 2014. Soft cover. New. Paperback. New book. 32 p., 90 illus., 85 in color, 30 x 21 cm. An argument that design elements of 17th to 19th century carpets from Smyrna are influence by Buddhist designs. The illustrations of the many carpets with these designs are small. Includes a CD with more information. In German.

Princeton University Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. No internal marks, hinges good, corners not bumped or rounded, light foxing on edges. Dust jacket shiny, not torn or chipped, slight curling along top and bottom edges.

Beograd: Publishing House Jugoslavia, 1966. Soft cover. Good. Softcover. Used, good condition, corners not bumped, price written on the front cover, and a squiggle on the top of the first page of text, no other internal marks, front cover with very small signs of rubbing, back cover rubbed more, edges not worn. A small pocket guide to this church with extensive text in small type describing the church and its frescos followed by plates of the frescos. In English.

Beograd: Jugoslavia. 3rd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover. Used, very good condition, text block tight, covers rubbed, a stamped "Provided by the Library of Congress Public Law 480 Program" on the front end paper, no other library stamps or internal mark, corners not bumped. In Serbian. no date, 1977?

University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1983. Softcover. Used, fine condition. 224 p., 120 illus., 27 in color, 24.5 x 23 cm. A catalogue of the collection of 17th - early 20th century Chinese costume; most of the book consists of plates; the text is brief, describing the types of garments a nd their role in the court, plus descriptions of each plate.

Hali Publications, 1984. Paperback. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition: covers shiny, no internal marks, crisp but corner bumped and bottom of spine torn for about 2 inches and bumped.

The Royal Collections/ De Danske Kongers Kronologiske Samling, 1987, 1987. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 94 p., 17 color pl., 25 x 18 cm. A book describing 7 carpets: 2 Polonaise & 5 chenille. The Polonaise rugs have been used less than 6 times & are thus in excellent condition; the plates show how brightly colored Polonaise rug s were when new. The text is an ideal example of what a text should be; it uses company archives & royal records to trace these rugs back to their origin, around 1666, in Iran. Fascinating little book, even for people who are not interested in, and also can not afford, Polonaise rugs. ISBN 87-503-6566-5.

Bernheimer, 1975. No ISBN, 1975. Paperback. As New. Paperback. Used, as new. 24 p., 19 illus., 1 in color, 21 x 15 cm. A dealer's exhibition catalogue of 44 19th century Turkish, Caucasian, Persian, Baluch and Afghan flatweaves; most of the illustrations are of Turkish ones. The text describes each rug, in about 5 lines. This is an interesting exotic item, inspired by the 1969 exhibition of flatweaves at the Textile Museum. In German.

Self-published, Zurich, 1917. No ISBN, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book (yes!, from the publisher himself. having been stored for a half century). This is the original, not a modern reprinted version. 88 p., 46 color illus., 23 x 16 cm. An introductory book, by a dealer, with illustrations of new (i.e. 1917) and old (i.e, 1850) Turkish, Persian & Caucasian rugs, and thus very useful for giving a picture of what was being sold in the early part of the 20th century, as well as dating 19th century rugs. Much of this collection was sold at Christie's between l990 and 1992. In German.

Verlag Leeman, Zürich, 1951 NO ISBN, 1951. Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition: dust jacket worn and chipped; insides in very good condition. 68 p., 15 illus., 3 in color, 23 x 15.5 cm. An introductory book, about half on techniques of rug production: dyes, material, weaving, and half on the major rug producing areas of Iran. The author has lived and travelled in Iran and his interest in carpet production means about half the pictures are of weavers and looms. A rare item. In German.

n.d. 1953. No ISBN. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Used, good condition. 62 p., 104 illus., 54 in color, 27 x 19 cm. Dealer's guide to rugs. The black and white illustrations are mostly of Persia: landscapes, people, architecture; the colored illustrations are on rugs and are small. In German.

Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1989, 1989. Soft cover. Fine. Softcover. Used, fine condition but the supplement is creased. 55 p., 29 x 21.5 cm. A list of 1900 dated rugs and 300 rugs with inscriptions, with the examples mostly derived from auction house catalogues; discussion of dated, workshops, and the inscriptions. With an 11 page supplement (1992).

2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 264 p., 211 illus., 35 x 24.5 cm. A catalogue of 101 early Anatolian kilims, with brief comments about each one. Some were exhibited at the Museum Duisberg in 2011. Short introductory sections on aesthetics and conservation; bibliography. In German and English. One of 500 copies.

Hansjorg Meyer Verlag, 1993. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket, as so Issued. Paperback. Used, fine condition. 388 p., 645 illus., about 1/3 in color, 30 x 24.5 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Linden Museum, on Islamic art, loosely organized around the idea of gardens; most of the book is text, with articles on aspects of Islamic art and cul ture from Morocco to Indonesia; including such exotic topics as Islamic funerary monuments in the Punjab, music in the Near East, Sufis, gold embroideries from Sumatra. There are examples of textiles: costume, rugs, embroidered hangings. In German. No ISBN. Ausstellungkatalog, Linden Museum, auf der islamischen kunst, lose organisiert um die Idee der Gärten; die meisten des Buches ist Text, mit Artikeln auf Aspekten der islamischen kunst und der Kultur von Marokko nach Indonesien; einschließlich solche exotische Themen wie islamische funerary Denkmäler im Punjab, Musik im nahen Osten, Sufis, Goldstickereien von Sumatra. Es gibt Beispiele der Gewebe:… Read More

1993, 1993. Soft cover. New. Paperback. New book. 388 p., 645 illus., about 1/3 in color, 30 x 24.5 cm. Exhibition catalogue, Linden Museum, on Islamic art, loosely organized around the idea of gardens; most of the book is text, with articles on aspects of Islamic art and cul ture from Morocco to Indonesia; including such exotic topics as Islamic funerary monuments in the Punjab, music in the Near East, Sufis, gold embroideries from Sumatra. There are examples of textiles: costume, rugs, embroidered hangings. In German. No ISBN. Ausstellungkatalog, Linden Museum, auf der islamischen kunst, lose organisiert um die Idee der Gärten; die meisten des Buches ist Text, mit Artikeln auf Aspekten der islamischen kunst und der Kultur von Marokko nach Indonesien; einschli e ßlich solche exotische Themen wie islamische funerary Denkmäler im Punjab, Musik im nahen Osten, Sufis, Goldstickereien von Sumatra. Es gibt Beispiele der Gewebe: Kostüm, Wolldecken, gestickte hangings. Auf Deutsch.

Istanbul: Hitit Color, 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. Paperback. New. Hiti Color, 1992, 96 pages, 83 color illustrations, 6.5 x 9 inches. This has the appearance of something to give to tourists, but the text is by a researcher at the Antalya Museum and includes not only a description of rugs from a variety of areas, but also a history of Turkish rug production, technical details on weaving (including the Turkish terms for the 3 types of yarn necessary to weave rugs) and dyes from the Milas and Antalya areas. In German.

Stettler, 1986. No ISBN, 1986. Soft cover. New. Paperback / softcover. New book. 48 p., 21 illus., 21 x l4.5 cm. Swiss dealer's booklet describing Kurds from Iran, Iraq & Turkey; some Kurdish history, including recent political struggles; internal tribal organization; weavings. Most of the ill ustrations are out of focus. In German.