Oriental Rugs (the Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques)
by Denny, Walter B
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: Cooper-Hewitt Museum 1979.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Quarto, hardcover, fine in VG white pictorial dj. Giftable. Frontis of the sejjadeh rug woven in Anatolia, late 19th C. Endpapers show the great Bazaar in Istanbul, 1840 painting by Thomas Allom. Gives techniques of rug weaving, historical development of rugs, Turkish reugs, Caucasus, Iran, Turkoman, India, East Tuerkestan and China, and learn about collecting rugs. 120 pp. plus glossary and index. Illustrated throughout.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21590
- Title
- Oriental Rugs (the Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques)
- Author
- Denny, Walter B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [New York]: Cooper-Hewitt Museum 1979.
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