Splendor of Persian Carpets
Language: English
Published by Rizzoli, New York, 1978
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
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Square 4to. 546 [20] pp. Bibliography; Index. 254 full-page color reproductions. Text in English and Farsi; 14pp text in Farsi at end. Maroon cloth in color printed dustjacket housed in slipcase. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (short closed tear to spine head); slipcase fine. A sumptuously illustrated account of Iran's most famous examples of carpets. The author describes detailed steps in making the carpets; explains the meaning of the decorative motifs, cryptic signs and symbols of these historical rugs; and highlights the freedom of design and the genius for harmonious color-matching peculiar to Iranian artists. For each carpet, the size and number of knots per square inch are given as well as the type of material and dyes used, and its date, location and origin. - dustjacket flap. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.
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- Title
- Splendor of Persian Carpets
- Author
- Gans-Ruedin, Erwin
- Publisher
- Rizzoli, New York
- Publication year
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0847801799
- ISBN 13
- 9780847801794
- Edition
- Second edition.
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