Description
Celebrates the earliest history of the Islamic world's great textile traditions through fifty beautiful carpets and fragments.
A wave of these beautiful textiles has reached the West since the turn of the 21st century, and here they are divided into variants featuring birds, mammals, and mythological creatures, which retain their glowing colors and lively charm.
Essential reading for modern admirers of oriental carpets, and a treasure in its own right
About the Author
Formerly a curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Dr Friedrich Spuhler is the author of numerous books on Islamic textiles and carpets, including Carpets from Islamic Lands and Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands.
Reviews
'The long awaited work is finally here ... fills substantial gaps in the early history of knotted rugs' - Carpet Collector
Book Information
ISBN 9780500970553
Author Friedrich Spuhler
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 810g
A wave of these beautiful textiles has reached the West since the turn of the 21st century, and here they are divided into variants featuring birds, mammals, and mythological creatures, which retain their glowing colors and lively charm.
Essential reading for modern admirers of oriental carpets, and a treasure in its own right
About the Author
Formerly a curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Dr Friedrich Spuhler is the author of numerous books on Islamic textiles and carpets, including Carpets from Islamic Lands and Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands.
Reviews
'The long awaited work is finally here ... fills substantial gaps in the early history of knotted rugs' - Carpet Collector
Book Information
ISBN 9780500970553
Author Friedrich Spuhler
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Weight(grams) 810g
