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Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Friedrich Spuhler
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 275,Width 220
ISBN/Barcode 9780500970553
ClassificationsDewey:745.1
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated in colour throughout

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 5 January 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Celebrates the earliest history of the Islamic world's great textile traditions through fifty beautiful carpets and fragments. A wave of these beautiful textiles has reached the West since the turn of the 21st century, and here they are divided into variants featuring birds, mammals, and mythological creatures, which retain their glowing colors and lively charm.

Author Biography

Formerly a curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Dr Friedrich Spuhler is the author of numerous books on Islamic textiles and carpets, including Carpets from Islamic Lands and Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands.

Reviews

'The long awaited work is finally here ... fills substantial gaps in the early history of knotted rugs' - Carpet Collector