Roalfe W Robert (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Paper. Used, good condition, but water damage: middle edge of back cover and previous two pages wrinkled and lightly stained, and earlier pages wrinkled. Roalfe, W. Robert. COLLECTORS' CHOICE. 1973, Samarkand Gallery, 29 p., 47 illus., 46 in color., 23 x 20 cm. This was a show at the Samarkand Gallery for a week in March in 1973, of 46 rugs owned by California collectors. It was designed to be a field trip after a series of lectures on rugs at the International Institue of San Fransicso, so attendees could feel and examine rugs. To some extent the rugs were to reflect what was avaible and being purchased by collectors. The show has multiple rugs from Christopher Alexander, W. Robert Roalfe, and Mr & Mrs. Thomas Ford, and smaller numbers from Cathryn Marcho, Mrs. B. Buchram, C. C. Frederick, Philip Baity, Mary Louise Stauffer, Ms. M. Sanborn, Robert White, Sharon Greene, Kay Allen, and R. Bryan Steele. Colors are good. Most of the rugs are 19th century and village or nomad production. There were 9 Turkish, 14 Caucasian, 6 Persian, 10 Turkmen, 2 East Turkestan, 2 Chinese, 2 Baluch, and a Balkan kilim. Technical descriptions. Book.…