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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Hardcover. New Book. 306 p., many black & white illus., 25 x 18 cm. 22 articles on "Carpets of the Mediterranean Countries, 1400 - 1600", based on one of the sessions from the 4th International Conference on Oriental Carpets, 1983, London. Mediterranean includes the Caucasus, as well as Turkey, Spain, Egypt. Articles: Carpets in the Mediterranean Countries 1450-1550 (M. Rogers). Court and Export: Market Demands in Ottoman Carpets 1450-1550 (J. Raby). The Yürüks: Their Origins, Expansion and Economic Role (H. Inalcik). Early Ottoman Carpets (O. Aslanapa). Egypt, Syria and Their Trading Partners (R. G. Irwin). Data from the Haram Documents on Rugs in Late 14th Century Jerusalem (D. Little). Armenian Manuscripts of Cilicia: Sources f o r Rug Making during the Period 1450-1550 (V. Sassouni). Literary References to Carpets in North Africa (J. Housego). Near Eastern Carpets in Italian Paintings (J. Mills). Four Carpets in Venice (G. Curatola). French Documents Relating to Orien ta l Carpets, 15th to 16th Century (M. King). Oriental Carpets in the German Speaking Countries and the Netherlands (L. v. Wilckens). Non- Spanish Carpets from the Mediterranean Countries in Spanish Documents of the 15th to 17th Centuries (R. Pinn er) . On 'Holbein' and 'Lotto' Rugs (C. G. Ellis). Court and Export: Part 2. The Ushak Carpets (J. Raby). White Ground Anatolian Carpets (M. Dall'Oglio). White Ground Anatolian Carpets in the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts (Ferenc Batari). Three Egyptian Carpets in ltaly (A. Boralevi). 'Mamluk' Carpets and North Africa (J. Housego). The Origin and Development of Ottoman Court Carpets (W. B. Denny). 'Chessboard' Rugs (F. Spuhler). The 'Admiral' Rugs of Spain. An Analysis and Classification of their Field Designs (M. H. Beattie). Book. Seller Inventory # 605108