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

Iwan Maktabi, Lebanon, n.d. (2000). Soft cover. New. Softcover. New. 80 p., 65 color illus., 33 x 23.5 cm. A dealer's exhibition catalogue of Turkish, Persian, Caucasian and Central Asian rugs and textiles. The Turkish rugs include a 16th century Lotto and 3 18th century village rugs; the Persian included both 19th century complex tribal rugs, and modern Persian floral design rugs; the Caucasian are mostly 19th century; the Central Asian include 1 Khotan and 3 Turkmen rugs, plus 2 ikats and 4 suzani. There is almost no text; the colors are good.

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 295 pages, 344 illustrations, mostly black and white. Used, very good condition, but foxing on top edge, dust jacket, and slight staining on front and back endpapers, no internal marks, bumped corners, dust jacket in very good condition. Scholarly, from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fine Arts, Ethnographic Institute and Museum. Sections on 19th and 18th century Bulgarian town and village houses (during the National Revival Period), with floor plans; and on house furnishings: doors, carved ceilings, windows, cooking utensils, plates, fireplace equipment. In Bulgarian with short, 2 page summaries in English and Russian, and with 28 pages in English describing in detail the 344 photographs and figures (and a corresponding section in Russian). One of 2000 copies, and scarce outside of Bulgaria (and probably not that common inside Bulgaria).

Sofiya / Sofia: Bulgarski Houdozhnik Publishers, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Hardcover. Used, good condition. Pages slightly yellowed along edges. No internal marks. Dust jacket in fair condition: chips, tears, wear along edges, folds, tear along about 4/5 of the spine

Imparmuveszeti Muzeum / Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 1982. No ISBN.. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover. Used, very good condition. 40 p., 40 illus., 20 x 14 cm. A description of the collection of oriental embroideries in the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest; most are 18th century, with illustrations of a sample of the holdings; examples include Greek & Turkish embroideries, a Caucasian tablecloth, suzani. Text in Hungarian; 3 p. English summary and English legends to illustrations.

Christian Museum, Esztergom. 1977. Soft cover. Good. Paper. Good condition, back cover stained, slight moisture wrinkling of last 15 pages, front cover worn. 116 p., 37 bl and wh pl., 20 x 14 cm. Exhibition catalogue of the Christian Museum, Esztergom; 37 rugs, 15th - l9th centuries; mostly Turkish a nd Caucasian. The plates are not always clear, but most of the rugs have not been described since 1924. In Hungarian. German summary and analyses of rugs.

1980. Folded Sheet. New. New exihibition catalogue. 1980, 1 folded 10 x 24 inch sheet, 11 bl & wh illus. Exhibition catalogue of rugs from the Museum of Decorative and Applied Art (Iparm vészeti Muzeum), Budapest held at the Castle Museum of Nagyteteny. The rugs are 17th - 19th century ones from Transylvania, Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, Turkestan & Khotan. Hungary was close to and at times part of the Ottoman Empire, and there was trade back and forth between the two, with rugs and textiles as part of the trade. In addition, Hungarian came from Central Asia and there was always a certain interest in their original homeland. Hence the strength of Oriental rugs in Hungarian museums. In Hungarian.

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1965. Soft cover. Good. Paperback. Used, good condition. 11 page booklet by the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office; this is the 1965 reprint.

Straub Druck, Schramberg, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Used, very good condition. 1994, 136 p., 117 color illus., 28.5 x 23.5 cm. Nobari was a manufacturer and dealer in Iran and Germany; these are rugs which he could not bear to part with during his lifetime. Nobari died in 1987; these rugs were good enough that his son was able to persuade 5 other German rug dealers to write the text for this book. Most are floral-design Persian rugs, but there are some village-production ones, as well as a few Caucasian. Text in English and German.

Bausback Teppichantiquitaten, 1983, 1983. Hardcover. New/No Jacket, as so Issued. Hardback. New; no dust jacket (as issued). 160 p., 90 color illus., 28.5 x 21.5 cm. English language version of the fall 1993 exhibition by this dealer; most are 19th century but there is a 17th century Ushak published by Martin and a 17th century Transylvanian. 5 page introduction on natural & synthetic dyes by Schweppe.

Runge Oriental Rugs, 2002. ISBN: 0615120385, 2002. Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover. New book, from the published, but one corner bumped in shipping. 152 p., 165 illus., 155 in color, 30.5 x 24.5 cm. 2/3 of the book consists of illustrations of 75 Hamadan rugs, front and a small detail of the back; the rugs are attributed to specific areas. The introductory text describes the sociology of rug production in this area, based partly on letters from Hamadan by Clara Case Edwards (A.Cecil Edwards' wife), and then goes over rug types from the various villages in the Hamadan area; the text is interesting. The author argues , successfully, that among the huge production in this area are many good rugs, and also that they are undervalued. Technical descriptions.

1990. ISBN: 9747315289, 1990. Hardcover. New. New book. Hardcover. 355 p., 21.5 x 15.5 cm. Scholarly; an analysis of the role & meaning of Oriental rugs in European literature (Goethe, Rilke, Oscar Wilde, etc), in esthetic theory, and in painting. In German.

Octopus, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. used, very good in a very good dust jacket. , 247 p., 124 color pl., 29 x 26 cm. A picture book of good, mostly 19th century rugs, selected by this noted author. This is an expanded version of the first, 1966 edition; the rugs are printed on a white background instead of the black background of the 1st edition, which makes the color contrast different.

Oriental Rug Review, 1983-1984. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. This consists of all issues of volumes 3, bound by the Oriental Rug Review in red cloth.

Self-published, n.d., (2003), no ISBN. Hardcover. New/No Jacket, as so Issued. Hardcover. New book. 72 p., 34 color illus., 30 x 21.5 cm. A dealer's introductory guide to modern Persian and Turkmen carpets. Short sections on buying, care, dyes, design, construction; survey of Persian weaving areas. There is a brief history of carpet production, particularly in Iran, and of the Kaabah in Mecca, including changes in its construction since it first became the focus of Islamic prayer.

John Nelson Bergstrom Art Center and Museum, Neenah, 1979 No ISBN. Soft cover. New. Paperback. New book. 16 p., 35 bl. & wh. photos, 28 x 20 cm.A exhibition catalogue, of 35 pieces, showing the types of rugs to be found in a localized area; about half are Persian, mostly tribal and including bag faces; about a third are Caucasian. The photos are clear & there are technical descriptions of these 19th & 20th century rugs.

Schiffer, 2004, ISBN 0-7643-1995-7. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 224 p., 271 color illus., 28 x 21 cm. A survey of modern rugs from India, Pakistan, Iran, China, Turkey, Nepal and Tibet, Romania and Egypt. It is suitable for a beginner who wants floor covering; there is not much text; mos t of the book is of illustrations of rugs, in both traditional Oriental designs and in modern ones.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. ISBN 0-87633-070-7. Soft cover. New. Softcover. New book, but with shelf wear. 304 p., 182 illus., 76 in color, 31 x 30.5 cm. Scholarly discussion of 81 15th to 19th century carpets, with comparison to similar examples in other collections. The text is interesting, as are the rugs .

ICOC, 1996. Hardcover. New. Hardcover. New book. 304 p., 340 color illus., 32.5 x 23.5 cm. The catalogue to exhibitions at the 8th International Conference on Oriental Carpets, in Philadelphia. The exhibitions include rugs from the Bogolyubov & Dudin collections, North African rugs at the "Mysteries of the Maghreb" exhibition, and other rugs from local collections, with a focus on Central Asia and village & nomadic rugs from Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus and Baluch areas.

Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1986. Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover. New book. 176 p., 158 illus., 48 in color, 30 x 21.5 cm. Basically an expanded catalogue of 64 flatweaves in East German collections, mostly the Islamic Museum in Berlin. Examples are Turkish, Caucasian & Persian. Introductory chapters discuss the history of flatweaves, their construction and where they come from. In German. Separate 1 page English summary.

Christie's London. 28 April, 2005. Sale 7039 Christie's New York. July 23, 24, 2003. Sale 1259. Softcover / paperback. New book.