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Carpets from Islamic lands
- Title
- Carpets from Islamic lands / Friedrich Spuhler.
- Author
- Spuhler, Friedrich.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, c2012.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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- Additional Authors
- Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī.
- Description
- 186 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- The third volume in Thames & Hudson's celebrated series cataloguing the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Carpets from Islamic Lands features more than forty of the finest classical carpets created in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus and India between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments. Carpet and textile expert Friedrich Spuhler describes this spectacular collection in the context of the history of Islamic art, recounting the fascinating stories behind individual carpets and celebrating their intricate designs and unparalleled craftsmanship.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah ; the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait"--T.p.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The 2,500-year history of Oriental carpets -- Pre-classical carpets. Pre-Islamic and early Islamic carpets -- Classical carpets. Egypt -- Turkey -- Persia -- Caucasus -- India.
- Call Number
- JQF 13-1318
- ISBN
- 9780500970331 (hc)
- 0500970335 (hc)
- 9780500970430 (pbk.)
- 0500970432 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012933046
- OCLC
- 783161431
- Author
- Spuhler, Friedrich.
- Title
- Carpets from Islamic lands / Friedrich Spuhler.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Added Author
- Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 13-1318