Mannheim: Franz Bausback, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 72pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Striking catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition devoted to the ancient Oriental flatweave. This volume is delightfully illustrated throughout with 68 color plates of various Oriental carpets and rugs. Moderate rubbing along edges of wrappers. Head..... More
Manheim: Bausback, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 325, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated paper covered boards. Striking catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition devoted to the ancient Oriental art of knotting. This volume is delightfully illustrated throughout with 160 color plates of various Oriental carpets and rugs. Moderate age-wear. Text..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976. Revised and expanded edition. Hardcover. Folio. [10], 214pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative cloth, with burgundy lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated title page inscribed and signed by the author to Dr. and Mrs. Krieger. Widely recognized as the standard introduction to this subject, this book..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd., 1935. Third impression. Hardcover. 8vo. viii. 58pp. Gilt decorated blue cloth with mounted color plate. Parts of bottom left corner of plate missing. Gilt title to spine. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Illustrated with full-page color and..... More
Wesel: Uta Hülsey, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 111, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated glossy paper covered boards. Pictorial endpapers. English-language text laid in. Title page signed by P. R. J. Ford. Held at the Orientgalerie Brückenstrasse, Köln, in 1987, this work is the gallery's exhibition catalogue of 19th and 20th..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii, 66pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over yellow cloth with black tooling and black lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece with tissue guard. "The technical peculiarities that support trained opinion... materials used by weavers... the colors of these materials..." are explained..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Large quarto. 463, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. This lavishly illustrated volume focuses on the design and production of Western carpets from the Middle Ages to the present. Sherrill..... More
Manheim: Bausback, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 230pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Striking catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition devoted to the ancient Oriental art of knotting. This volume is delightfully illustrated throughout with 200 color plates of various Oriental carpets and rugs. Moderate rubbing along edges of wrappers..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIV, 192pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative paper covered boards, with white lettering on spine. As she has in her previous books, "Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe" and "African Canvas: The Art of West African Women," Margaret Courtney-Clarke turns..... More
London: V & A Publications, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 176pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated half-title and title page. Illustrated with numerous color photographic reproductions, this remarkable volume deals in depth with Indian textiles in the ikat technique. It is based on..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. IX, [1], 353, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over cloth, with gold lettering and decoration on spine and front cover. At once a comprehensive history of oriental rug weaving and a catalogue..... More
New York: Hugh Lauter Levin, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Large Folio. 320pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Decorative initials. "Never before has there been so richly illustrated a volume devoted to that unique aspect of American folk art – the..... More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [12], 196pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Title page inscribed and signed by the author to Dr. and Mrs. Krieger. Widely recognized as the standard introduction to this subject, this book focuses on..... More
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1990. New edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 484pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over green cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on cover and spine. Beautifully illustrated endpaper. Color frontispiece. "A history of the hand-woven decorative floor coverings of Spain, France, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, the Balkans, Germany, Austria and..... More
Grand Rapids, MI: The Dean-Hicks Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 382pp. Original red cloth covered boards with a gold, light blue and silver decorative design containing a swastika (originally a Native American symbol) in the red at center. Pictorial endpapers featuring a map of the United States. Color..... More
Nurnberg: Bertram Frauenknecht, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 44pp (text), 63 leaves of plates, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Collection of 63 early Anatolian Kelims splendidly reproduced in full-color, and each facing an accompanying text. Moderate shelf wear on dust-jacket. Text in..... More
Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 256pp. Original brick cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographic reproductions, this volume is a collection of thirteen interpretive essays on the nature of textiles in Indonesia and their..... More
New York: James McCreery & Co., 1921. First edition. Paperback. 12mo. 20pp. Original string bound decorative wrappers. Color frontispiece loose in a folded tissue guard. Illustrated with numerous b/w in-text drawings, this delightful monograph on Chinese rugs deals with the symbolism of the emblems in their design. Moderate shelf wear..... More
Berkeley-Singapore: Periplus Editions, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. XV, [1], 143, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. In this beautifully illustrated book, three experts examine the history, production and uses of textiles in Balinese society. Many fine pieces are presented, their raw..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo Oblong. 359pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket over textured gray cloth with black lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph. The vibrant material culture of the Nagas, an exotic society in Northeast India, is generously illustrated here in an 170 page appendix of color..... More
London: Laurence King in association with HALI, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 192pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Prayer rugs are generally small weavings with a directional motif, usually in the form of an arch or 'mihrab', which is intended to point the faithful..... More
London - Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXII, 193, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over gilt-stamped brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. In this definitive work, the author sketches the geographical, historical and artistic background of Chinese rugs. He demonstrates (in 95..... More
Ministerio de Cultura, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Large 8vo. 209 pp. Original illustrated wrappers. Con un apéndice sobre: Equivalencias de las tecnicas de telar prehispánicas del Peru por Flor Portillo. A study of 135 pre-hispanic weavings. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and diagrams. Very slight scuffing on wraps..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 82 (1)pp. Original burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped illustration and lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Illustrated title page. "Twelve papers were presented during the Symposium... presented here in written form, represent to a large..... More
Los Angeles: The Conservation Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 82pp. Gilt decorated maroon cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Some scuffing and minor staining to boards. Illustrated with annotated color and b/w photographs well as charts. In very good condition. More