Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials,

Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins
This monumental reference workâ€”long awaited by collectors and scholarsâ€”fills an important gap in the available literature on oriental rugs.

Lavishly illustrated with over 1000 photographs and drawings, it offers clear and precise definitions for the rug and textile terms in use across a broad swath of the globeâ€”from Morocco to Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China. Covering priceless museum-quality rug traditions as well as modern centers of production, Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins draws on classical scholarship as well as current terminology in use among producers and traders in these areas today. It focuses primarily on the rich hand-knotting and hand-weaving traditions of the Near East and Central Asia, but also includes some examples of Scandinavian and Native American weavings.

Oriental rugs are receiving ever-increasing attention and recognition in the field of art history. Tribal weavings especially have become a focus for new research, and Oriental Rugs provides a new understanding of many distinctive traditions that were previously understudied, such as the weavings of southwest Persia, Baluchistan and Kurdistan. This concise oriental rug reference book is a must-have for scholars and anyone serious about collecting rugs, selling rugs or the rug trade in general. Additional reference information also includes:
- Foreign terms
- Place names
- The Oriental Rug lexicon
- Museums with notable rug collections
- Oriental rug internet sites

Country	USA
Author	Peter F. Stone
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Hardcover with Jacket
EISBN	9781462911844
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Tuttle Publishing
Manufacturer	Tuttle Publishing
NumberOfPages	320
PublicationDate	2013-11-19
Publisher	Tuttle Publishing
ReleaseDate	2013-11-19
Studio	Tuttle Publishing

Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins

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