Islamic Art

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Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 128. May-June 2003

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 128. May-June 2003

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2003. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Underneath Which Rivers Flow - The Symbolism of the Islamic Garden; Heart & Soul - the Yellow-Ground Rugs of Konya; more.
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NZ$68.09
Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book

Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book

by B. W. Robinson et al

1976 hardcover as pictured. A handsome volume concerning Islamic minatures. Binding is firm. Green cloth boards with red and gold stamping on spine show light edge wear. Head and tail bands. Linen reinforced hinges. Pen mark on lower edge of text block. Text appears clean and unmarked. Includes 44 full color illustrations and 157 b&w illustrations, all on art paper. Dust jacket is rubbed and scuffed with a small tear at head of spine. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3
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NZ$217.88
Nishapur Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration

Nishapur Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration

by Wilkinson, Charles K

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth. Very good. 328 pages. 28 1/2 x 22 cm. Thirty-three color plates and a multitude of photographs, drawings, and plans to scale. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. One of the greatest cities in medieval Iran was Nishapur. It reached the height of its prosperity under the Samanids in the tenth century.
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NZ$76.60
Turkish Miniatures

Turkish Miniatures

by Meredith-Owens, G.M

London: British Museum, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine.. 32 pages in text. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Twenty-five plates in color and black and white.
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NZ$34.04
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 140. May-June 2005

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 140. May-June 2005

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2005. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Weavings of the Lors of Iran - Part 1: Flatweaves; Language Games - Iban Textile Designs in Their Cultural Context; more.
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NZ$68.09
Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library

Persian Paintings in the John Rylands Library

by Robinson, B. W

Hardback. Acceptable.
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NZ$10.50
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 142. September-October 2005

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 142. September-October 2005

by Evans, Ben, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2005. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The Legacy of the Indjoudjians; The Forgotten Tribe; Variations in Royal Blue - Bamiléké Display Cloth from Ritual Respect to Ethnic Demonstration; more.
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NZ$68.09
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 112. July-August 2000

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 112. July-August 2000

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2000. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: True Stitch - Early Samplers and the Use of Double Running Stitch; Balkans and Back - Monastir Prayer Rugs; Crossing the Harshlands - A Journey to the Karakorum Pass; more.
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NZ$68.09
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 124. September-October 2002

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 124. September-October 2002

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2002. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Panther Skins & Loaves of Bread - The Tie-Dyed Cloths of Oumé; The King Rides Out - A Silk Fragment in Augsburg; Bakhtiari - Village and Nomad Weavings form the Chahar Mahal; A Ballard Postscript; more.
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NZ$68.09
L'Alhambra De Grenade

L'Alhambra De Grenade

by Champdor, Albert

Paris: Albert Guillot, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. basket weave beige cloth lettered in red. Fine. 148 pages. 31 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 528 of 1000. 128 photographs, 13 in color. First volume of publisher series, "Les Hauts Lieux De L'Histoire." Text in French. Bright, very fresh copy.
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NZ$110.64
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 127. March-April 2003

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 127. March-April 2003

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2003. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Best of British - Textiles and Dress in the British Galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum; Julkhyr, the Riddle of the Arabs; more.
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NZ$68.09
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 150. January-February 2007

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 150. January-February 2007

by Evans, Ben, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2007. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Capturing the Moment. Constantinople through the Photographer's lens; Dolmabahçe Palace; The Khitan. Their art and their textiles 907-1125; Written in Silk. Meifa Li head cloths with writing; South Persian Tribal Weavings. part One: Their use in nomadic life; more.
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NZ$68.09
Die Baukunst des Iraq (Heutiges Babylonien): Bautechnik, Baukonstruktionen und Aussehen der Baugegenstande unter Teilweiser Bezugnahme auf die Baukunst der Vergangenheit des lande Sowie auf die Gesamte Baukunst des Islam

Die Baukunst des Iraq (Heutiges Babylonien): Bautechnik, Baukonstruktionen und Aussehen der Baugegenstande unter Teilweiser Bezugnahme auf die Baukunst der Vergangenheit des lande Sowie auf die Gesamte Baukunst des Islam

by Langenegger, Felix

Dresden: Gerhard Kuhtmann, 1911. [1st ed.?]. photos & illustrations, viii, 200p. Rebound in modern purple buckram. 27cm. Title-leaf in facsimile. German text.
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NZ$510.66
Calligraphic panel by Reis ul Hattatin (Chief Calligrapher) Ahmed Kamil Akdik  , consists of a part of Qasidat al Burda

Calligraphic panel by Reis ul Hattatin (Chief Calligrapher) Ahmed Kamil Akdik , consists of a part of Qasidat al Burda

by Ottoman art of calligraphy

32x25 cm. Thuluth and Naskhi in black ink on paper illustrated and fexed on illustrated paper in golden flworal shapes. Signed in wite ink in Thuluth: Katabahu al Hajj Kamil. Ahmed Kamil Akdik is one of the last great Ottoman calligraphers. Born in the Fındıklı neighborhood of Istanbul in 1861, Ahmed Kâmil displayed an interest in the art of calligraphy from his earliest years in primary school. In 1879 he began to study thuluth (sülüs) and naskhi (nesih) scripts with the most renowned calligrapher... Read more about this item
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NZ$8,511.00
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 114. January-February 2001

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 114. January-February 2001

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2001. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: The Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon; [In the museum]: Safavid and Mughal Carpets; Turkish and Persian Ceramics; Mamluk Glass; Islamic Textiles; The Art of Illumination in Islamic Manuscripts; more.
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NZ$68.09
Geometric Concepts in Islamic Arts

Geometric Concepts in Islamic Arts

by Issam El-Said

1976 hardcover as pictured. A beautiful book examing the geometric patterns used in islamic art. Binding is firm. Beige cloth boards with gold stamping are clean and show minimal wear. Endpapers and text are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed with a few small tears ate edges. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s LArch
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NZ$61.28
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 125. November-December 2002

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 125. November-December 2002

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2002. First edition. Paper wrappers. A fine copy. As new.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Khorasan Shrub Carpets; An Intoxicating Vision - Shamanic Imagery in Pre-Columbian Textiles; Sireu - Beaded Skirts from Papua; more.
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NZ$68.09
Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 138. January-February 2005

Hali. Carpet, Textile and Islamic Art. Issue 138. January-February 2005

by Shaffer, Daniel, ed

London: Sebastian Ghandchi, 2005. First edition. Paper wrappers. Small soiled spot on lower edge else a fine copy.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: In Memoriam - Remembering the late Robert Pinner [co-founder of HALI]; Beyond the Mandarin Square - Garment Badges i Ilkhanid Painting; Mounted in Style - Saddle-Rugs of the Kham Horsemen; Gansu; more.
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NZ$68.09
Egyptian Ornament

Egyptian Ornament

by Vilimkova, M. (Text)

London: Allan Wingate, 1963. 1st English edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated white cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 162 pages. 29 x 21 cm. 343 color illustrations. Bibliography. Explains and describes the role played by pure ornamentation in Egyptian art and relates the growth in its use to the contemporary scene. The copious illustrations demonstrate the skill of these early artists in an array of vivid, full-page reproductions of infinite variety and subtlety. The color combinations are... Read more about this item
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NZ$59.58
Hali. The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Die internationale Zeitschrift für Orientteppiche und Textilien. Vol. 4 No. 4 1982

Hali. The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Die internationale Zeitschrift für Orientteppiche und Textilien. Vol. 4 No. 4 1982

by Pinner, Robert, ed

London: Michael Franses, 1982. First edition. Paper wrappers. Minor shelfwear, else near fine.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Articles include: Uncomfortable Questions about Unknown Turkish Carpets in the Berlin Collection; Türkmen Rugs and Early Rug Weaving in the Western Islamic World; The Development of Village and Nomad Rug Designs; Baluch Rugs from Afghanistan - 1. Taimani Rugs; The Quadriga Silk from the Tomb of Charlemagne; Rug Merchants in America; more.
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NZ$255.33
Moslem Architecture: Its Origins and Development

Moslem Architecture: Its Origins and Development

by Rivoira, Giovanni Teresio, 1849-1919

London: Humphrey Milford, 1918. 1st ed. in English. Hardcover. Very Good. Translated by G. McN. Rushforth. frontis, photos, index, xvii, 383p. Gilt-decorated blue cloth. 27cm. Minor fraying at extremities. Institutional stamp removed from title-page (but present on an Index leaf).
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NZ$212.78
Catalogue of Important Oriental Manuscripts And Miniatures; The Property Of The Hagop Kevorkian Fund

Catalogue of Important Oriental Manuscripts And Miniatures; The Property Of The Hagop Kevorkian Fund

by Sotheby & Co

London: Sotheby, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Orig. printed wrappers. Near fine. 104 pages. 24 x 18 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. Prices realized laid-in.
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NZ$42.56
Hali. The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Vol. 6 No. 1-4, 1983-1984. [Four Volumes]

Hali. The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles. Vol. 6 No. 1-4, 1983-1984. [Four Volumes]

by Pinner, Robert, ed

London: Michael Franses, 1984. First edition. Paper wrappers. Small tear to spine heel on first issue else near fine.. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Complete run of Volume 6.
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NZ$468.10
The Parish-Watson Collection Of Mohammadan Potteries

The Parish-Watson Collection Of Mohammadan Potteries

by Riefstahl, Rudolf Meyer

New York: E. Weyhe, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. 259 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. 94 plates. Limited edition, copy 261 of 500. All descriptive lettered tissue guards present. The author states, " The genesis of Mohammadan art is psychologically one of the most interesting chapters in the history of art." Ceramics presented are from the 12th to 14th centuries. Bibliography. Index. Interior contents clean, backstrip extremities and lower corners worn.
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NZ$255.33
Islamic Art (Revised Edition)

Islamic Art (Revised Edition)

by Rice, David Talbot

London: Thames and Hudson. 1979. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white photographs as well as diagrams. 288 pages. Part of the 'World of Art' series. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint of Revised Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$16.69