Achdjian, Albert

Un Art Fondamental : Le Tapis = a Fundamental Art : The Rug

Paris, Self, 1949. Softcover. Picture mounted warpped covers; 287 pp : illustrations (some color partly mounted), map. Text in French and English. Albert Achdjian ; introduced with ethnographical notes by Arnold van Gennep. Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-287). G+, covers show normal wear, corners bumped, tape on top right corner. Inside pages clean and tight .

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Book number: 179949

Catalogue: Textiles - Middle Eastern

Keywords: Textiles, Achdjian ; Achdjian ; ; Textiles

Anavian, Rahim and George Anavian

Royal Persian & Kashmir Brocades: A Complete Encyclopaedia of Royal Persian and Kashmir Brocades and Embroideries with Full Color Illustrations

Kyoto/Tehran, Iran, Senshoku to Keikatsusha Pub. Co, 1975. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket with blue title block on front cover, color frontispiece, xxxii, 76 pp plus 104 leaves of color plates. Issued in tan patterned board slipcase with black lettering, and original cardboard box with brown title plate on front cover. Text in Japanese and English. "This book introduces the reader to the mysterious fascination and sublime grandeur of one of the Orient's most noteworthy cultural legacies: the royal woolen brocades and embroideries of Iran and Kashmir. It includes 104 color plates produced by advanced heliotype printing plus a detailed scientific account of the art.. This book describes the history of the traditional arts of weaving and dyeing woolen brocades as practiced in Iran and Kashmir. Bases on the extensive knowledge of the author, Rahim Anavian and his son George, this is a highly authoritative account of what might be justly called the most exquisite textiles created by the hand of man." -Dust jacket. As new .

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Book number: 175538

Catalogue: Middle Eastern Textiles

Keywords: Middle Eastern Textiles ; Iran Brocade ; ; Textiles- Middle Eastern

Clark, Hartley

Bokhara, Turkoman and Afghan Rugs

London, England, John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1922. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ debossed tiling & gilt printing; gilt spine printing. book xxvi, 30-130 pgs w/ bw & color plates; color frontispiece. Textblock split; pages intact and textblock appears firm; hinges fairly strong. Pages have instances of light foxing, also smudges. Instances of pencil underlining throughout text. Previous bookstore writing to cover endpaper. Color plates have retained their vibrancy, with some having intact tissue guards. Good. (cover board bent/creased; interior cracked; cover endpaper has matching tanned line from crack. boards scuffed, scratched & spotted. spine sunned; top torn & frayed, binding visible. top portion of front cover hinge cracked. frontis detached; laid-in) .

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Book number: 181912

Catalogue: Textiles - Middle Eastern

Keywords: Turkish Rugs, Afghan Rugs, Bokhara Rugs, Turkoman Rugs ; Turkish Rugs, Afghan Rugs, Bokhara Rugs, Turkoman Rugs ; ;