Kuhnel E and Erdmann Kurt (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paper, used, good condition but some of the plates have a letter and number at the top (like "P-55"), the title page has "11a-16" at the top and two labels at the bottom. The front cover has three chips at the top and a large piece missing from the lower right corner and has a tape repair along most of the spine; the back cover is intact. Kuhnel, E. and Erdmann, Kurt. ORIENT-TEPPICHE. BILDERHEFTE DER ISLAMISCHE ABTEILUNG HEFT 3. 1935, 16 p. text, 46 plates, 5 in color, 19 x 12.5 cm. A guide to the carpets in Islamic Department of the Staatische Museen in Berlin, as of what was present before WW II. Many were destroyed by British bombing during WW II. 46 rugs, 15th to 18th century. The text is mostly a list of the rugs, with its origin, age, size, knot count, date acquired and from whom, colors and description of the design, a sentence or two about its type and similar examples, and references to the literature with earlier mentions or illustrations. Book.…