Softcover
2008 · New York
by Blau, Doris Leslie
New York: Doris Leslie Blau, 2008. Softcover. VG, clean, bright, tight but with 3/4 fading to front cover.. Color-pictorialcard wraps with Central Asian carpet motif. Silver lettering on spine. [120] with 58 color plates. Oversize (12x19 inches; 4 pounds / 1.8 kilos). Catalogue of stunning, antique silk rugs from Samarkand, the beautiful, historic city on the Silk Road. With a one-page introduction about the history of Samarkand, carpets, and the Silk Road. The remainder of the book contains the 58 color plates, each titled, with date. A few of the pieces are double-paged.
(Inventory #: 153018)