Author: Ian Bennett [ed.]
Title: Rugs and Carpets of the World
Description: London, Ferndale Editions, 1978 . Hardback. A vibrantly illustrated study of the history of the rug around the globe and in different cultures. A brightly illustrated study of the carpets and rugs of the world, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper, and published in the same year as the first edition.This detailed work discusses all of the major rug making areas of the world, the history of the craft in its major centres of production, and the carpet market, including information on estimating a carpet's worth.Discussing the rugs of Persia, Scandinavia, Moorish Spain, the Navajo tribe of North America, and the African rug, and  with over five-hundred illustrations, including 160 in colour. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Light fading to back strip, with boards exceptionally bright. Edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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