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This out of print, hard cover book is profusely and beautifully illustrated with color photographs and sketches. 192 pages, written by Luciano Coen and Louise Duncan, published in 1978 by Harper & Row - this is a first edition. Part 1 of the book covers weaving, color and age, buying and selling and living with rugs. Part 2 is split into 5 geographic areas - Persia, Turkey, The Caucasus, Central Asia, and China. A history is given, as well as finely drawn and detailed pattern items, borders, etc. Then, each page that follows in the section has a full color photograph of the carpet, rug or textile, with its name, age, warp and weft details, and a fabulous lengthy description. An excellent reference or coffee table book. Dust jacket has minor creasing on edges, interior pages very nice.
Keywords: antiques antique rug textile book collectible reference |
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