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A comprehensive guide to the history, design and construction of oriental rugs. Oriental Rugs is a comprehensive handbook of 19th- and 20-th century Persian, Turkish, Turkoman, and Caucasian rugs. Carefully designed to serve both the beginner and the veteran rug fancier, it has been call 'superior in its coverage of old and new rugs to any other general publication in recent years.' It is now in print again in this substantially revised and expanded edition. Readers and collectors will welcome the new features, which include many more color and black-and-white illustrations, much updated and rewritten text, redrawn maps, an enlarged glossary, and an index. One of the most valuable additions is Murray Eiland's expanded discussion of Baluchi and Caucasian rugs, based on his recent trip to central Asian. Here he spent several months traveling to villages and areas that few if any rug dealers have visited, examining rugs unknown in the West. From firsthand experience he describes the present state of rugmaking in this region and corrects common misconceptions about its old and new rugs. Oriental Rugs reviews the history of the art of weaving and describes basic rug-making materials, to

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Author

Murray L. Eiland

Publisher

Boston: New York Graphic Society

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780821206430

Category

hobbies

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Art, Design

Rating

3.5 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14