Divine Images and Magic Carpets: From the Asian Art Collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price
Amarillo, TX: Amarillo Art Center, 1987. Paperback. 95p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. More
Cat.No: 296805
Rugs
Hali, The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art: March 1998 Issue 97 [featuring] Mamluk Blazon Carpets . ACOR 4 Exhibition & Fair Preview . Baluch Aesthetics . Chinese Textiles
London: Hali Publications Ltd, 1998. 176p., glossy 12x8.5 inch color wraps, several advertising postcards laid in. We see a small crimp to front cover next the spine panel, else completely sound, clean and unmarked. Very good copy. More
Cat.No: 257567
Hali: the international magazine of oriental carpets and textiles [89 issues]
London: Hali Publications Ltd, 1979-2015. Eighty nine issues of the magazine, spanning the period between Spring 1979 and Winter 2015. Issues present are Vol. 2 Nos. 1-4, Vol. 3 Nos. 1-4, Vol. 5 No. 1-4, Vol. 6 No. 1-4, after which the magazine switches to whole numbers and continues with..... More
Cat.No: 248437
Hooked Yarn Rugs
[Philadelphia?]: Fleisher Yarns, Inc., 1931. 8 + 4 page insert, color illustrations, wraps. 10.5 x 7.5 in. Ink stamp on front cover of former owner. Catalog of house rugs in colorful patterns. More
Cat.No: 322459
Imperial Carpets from Peking. 15 February - 18 March 1973, University Art Gallery, Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh: University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, 1973. Paperback. 44p., wraps, 8.5x11 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly worn else very good condition. Insert laid in with a plate that was missing due to a printing error. More
Cat.No: 296832
An Introduction to the World of Rugs: an Exhibition at the Hugh M. Moss Gallery, 12-30 December 1973
London: Hugh M. Moss Limited, 1973. Paperback. 108p., wraps, 7x9.75 inches, profusely illus., wraps lightly shelfworn else very good exhibition catalog. Features rugs from Tunisia, Turkey, Armenia, Persia, India, West Turkestan, East Turkestan, Tibet, and China. More
Cat.No: 296794
John C. Edelmann Galleries, Inc.: America's only auction house specializing in rare Rugs, Tapestries and Textiles. Auction: Part I: October 24, 1981 at 10 A.M. Middle Eastern Jewlery, Turkoman, Caucasian, Perisian and Nomadic Rugs, Textiles and a Large Selection of Carpets. Part II: Octover 24, 1981 at 2 P.M. Turkoman, Caucasian, Persian and Nomadic Rugs, Textiles, Related Books and a Large Selection of Carpets.
New York: John C. Edelmann Galleries, Inc., 1981. Unpaginated, 682 lots, stapled wraps with chipping electrical tape covering spine, color photo of carpet pasted to front wrap, 7 x 10 inches, illus. with color photos of carpets, lightly worn else very good condition. Prices realized list laid in. More
Cat.No: 243878
Rugs of the Near and Middle East: from the collections of Arthur D. Jenkins and H. McCoy Jones, June 22 - Sept. 20, 1963
Washington: The Textile Museum, 1963. Pamphlet. 18p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with figures and full-page b&w plates from photos, wraps lightly toned along edges, pen doodles of rug patterns on rear wrap, else very good catalogue of the exhibition in stapled gray wraps printed in red. More
Cat.No: 163912
Tapetes Orientais. Colecção Calouste Gulbenkian
Lisbon: Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, 1985. Paperback. [56]p., french-fold wraps, 6.75x9.5 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Text in Portuguese. More
Cat.No: 296833
Exhibition of Islamic art; M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, February 24 to March 22
San Francisco: De Young, 1937. Hardcover. 70p. and 73 b&w plates on coated alkaline stock, foreword, introduction and catalogue. Hardbound in lime-green papered boards with black cloth backstrip gilt-titled. Board margins are sunned, foxed, slightly edgeworn and generally dust-soiled, but clean within. A sound, unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 130972
European and Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles; London Wednesday 21st October 1992
New York: Sotheby's, 1992. Paperback. 75p., showing 180 lots, all in color (but not all are shown), high-gloss paperstock, the usual top-of-the-line format. Softbound, 10.5x8.5 stapled wraps with spinefold. Some very old items appear. A nice undamaged, unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 232187
European and Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles; Sotheby's London Wednesday July 25 1990
London: Sotheby's, 1990. Paperback. 121p., 294 lots, profuse full- and half-page exhibit photos in color on high-gloss paperstock. The usual top-of-the-line format: 10.5x8.5 inch coated decorated wraps; laid in is a leaf showing prices realized at this July 25th sale. Aside from a small chip to back cover laminate, a...... More
Cat.No: 232214
European and Oriental Rugs, Carpets and Textiles; Sotheby's London Wednesday 28th April 1993
London: Sotheby's, 1993. Paperback. 87p., 184 lots, profuse full- and half-page exhibit photos in color on high-gloss paperstock. The usual top-of-the-line format: 10.5x8.5 inch coated decorated wraps. A nice undamaged, unmarked copy. The very last item is curiously huge, 33x20 feet, expected to bring twenty thousand pounds. More
Cat.No: 232216
Antique Rugs from the Near East. Third revised edition with contributions by Ernst Kuhnel. Translated by R.M. Riefstahl.
New York: E. Weyhe, 1922. Hardcover. 65p. followed by 95 "figures", i.e. plates, usually one fullpage figure each, one color image set as the frontispiece, the b&w reproduced clearly (at best) accompanied by a few diagrammatic images. The color frontis is quite vivid. Hardbound in grey papered boards with a...... More
Cat.No: 297861
Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Tuesday October 10, 2006; Simulcast sale, Los Angeles and San Francisco
San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2006. Paperback. 157p., profuse fullpage and vignette exhibit photos in color on high-gloss paperstock. The usual top-of-the-line format: 10.5x8.5 inch coated grey wraps. This issue bears a cancel title-label affixed to cover, neatly applied. A very nice undamaged, unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 232180
Michaelian and Kohlbert Inc., Catalogue of Designs. Since 1921 New York, New York. Manufacturers, Importers & Designers of Fine Floor Coverings.
New York: Michaelian and Kohlbert Inc., 1989. Hardcover. 119p., glossy alkaline paperstock throughout with exhibit/sales photography. With photos and texts showing persons who laborously weave rugs on this dealer's dime. Hardbound in 11.5x9 inch blue cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Front endsheets bear an ownership signature..... More
Cat.No: 292278
The world of carpets
New York: Crescent Books, 1996. Hardcover. 222p., coated paperstock with fullpage and vignette color exhibit photographs, a sizeable diagrams section and a couple of pretty good maps in colors; first English-language edition, 11.5x9 inch boards gilt in glossy dj, a fine unblemished copy. FYI, we note that color plates with..... More
Cat.No: 172544
Der orientalische Knüpfteppich
Tubingen: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1965. Hardcover. 79p. + 179 B&W photo plates, 8 plates in color; 8.75x11 inches, green boards with chipped dj. Text in German. 3rd edition. Catalog of antique carpets from Iran, China, India and elsewhere. More
Cat.No: 139235
Alte Teppiche Mittelasiens
Berlin: Reinhold Schletzer Verlag, 1979. 94p. + [44]p. of plates (black and white photos of rugs), wraps, 6 x 8.75 inches, wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. Text in German. On the carpets of Central Asia. More
Cat.No: 255871
Prayer Rugs from Private Collections: An exhibition held at The Textile Museum
Washington DC: The Textile Museum, 1974. Pamphlet. 39p., stapled wraps, 9x6.25 inches landscape format, profusely illus. with b&w photos, very good exhibition catalog. More
Cat.No: 297392
Türk dokumacilik sanati: çaglar boyu desenler
Istanbul: Redhouse Yayinevi, 1988. 189p., mildly worn wraps. Text in Turkish. Numerous photos of historic carpets. More
Cat.No: 182218
Crafts of Kashmir, Jammu & Ladakh
New York: Abbeville Press, 1990. Hardcover. 227p., profusely illus., very good condition in like dj. More
Cat.No: 328562
Chinese Rugs
New York: Tudor, 1935. xii, 171p., very good hardcover, reprint of the 1928 book. More
Cat.No: 221710
A View of Chinese Rugs: from the seventeenth to the twentieth century
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972. Hardcover. xxiim 194p., profusely illus., very good condition in a price-clipped dj. More
Cat.No: 331338
The Sailer Collection, Lots 1-92; Sotheby's New York Thursday October 1, 1998
New York: Sotheby's, 1998. Paperback. 91 lots in 92p., 10.5x8.5 inch wraps, profuse full- and half-page exhibit photos in color on high-gloss paperstock, old price sticker on front wrap, rubberstamp on first page, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 232182