Oriental Rugs & Carpets

Signed first edition (1967) copy of Oriental Rugs & Carpets by Stanley Reed.

This book traces the development of Oriental rug and carpet manufacture both historically and geographically, The author discusses in detail the particular qualities of rugs made in the towns and districts of Persia, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and Turkestan, with special emphasis on such celebrated rug-producing towns as Isfahan Tabriz, and Heriz. The famous carpets—the Ardebil, the Trinitarias, the 'Garden Carpet'— are of course here, but we are also introduced  t many beautiful varieties which are less well-known. A chapter is devoted to prayer rugs and includes a discussion of methods of dating and of identifying their place of origin. The author, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, is a Director of Perez (London) Ltd., one of the best known carpet dealers in London, and many of the magnificent pieces illustrated have passed through his expert hands. 

Hardcover, with dust jacket

Author: Stanley Reed

Edition/Year: first edition, 1967, Octopus Books Limited

Condition: good vintage condition

Dimensions: 10" x 8.5"