Published by Victoria and Albert Museum, 1931
Seller: The Rug Book Shop, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Used, good condition. Insides clean, but endpapers are browned, hinges are weak, corner rounded and 2 cm missing from top of spine. Kendrick, A.F. and Tattersall, C.E.C. / Victoria and Albert Museum / Department of Textiles. GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION OF CARPETS. 1931, third edition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 120 p., 52 black and white plates. 68 pages of text describing the rugs: Persian, Caucasian, Turkish, Central Asian, Chinese, Spanish, North African and European; then plates of them. The major changes since the 2nd edition has been the addition of plates and description added to the more important rugs. Book.
Published by Victoria and Albert Museum, 1920
Seller: The Rug Book Shop, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Used, very good condition. No internal marks, insides clean, hinges good, covers with one small wear spot on the back covers, corners not rounded. Kendrick, A.F. and Tattersall, C.E.C. / Victoria and Albert Museum / Department of Textiles. GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION OF CARPETS. 1920, 2nd revised edition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 125 p., 47 black and white plates. The chief revision was the movement of a Turkish rug to the European section. 88 pages of text describing the rugs: Persian, Caucasian, Turkish, Central Asian, Chinese, Spanish, North African and European; then 47 plates of them. Includes a 5 page list of books on carpets in the museum library, and an appendix which lists the museum's rugs, acquired between 1874 and 1919 and where they are mentioned int the guide. Book.