Author: Humphries, Sydney
Title: Oriental Carpets, Runners and Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions
Description: London, Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Author's Personal Copy. Hardbound. Fawn cloth with gilt lettering and image of The Shah Mosque (Isfahan) on front cover; blind-stamp image of the Taj Mahal on back; decorative end papers; 428 pp. with 24 color plates, 12 bw illustrations; stitched binding. A bit heavy at 6 pounds and may require extra postage. Beautiful color plates and thorough examination of the subject, with excellent examples. With an analysis of the illustrations. VG- clean, tight text block; light foxing on a very few pages at gutter only; age tonin to spine; author's personal bookplate affixed to blank ffep; textile museum ex-lib. copy with remnant of spine sticker and some additional marks; none within text. Front free decorative end paper is detached and laid in, and cover has been re-glued to spine.

Keywords: Middle Eastern Decorative Arts; Oriental Rugs; Sydney Humphries ; Carpets ; ;


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