Hardcover
1978 · London
by Spuhler, Friedrich
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1978. Hardcover. VG- clean and tight but with art museum ex-lib. usual marks. Mylar cover rubbed; DJ VG.. Moss green cloth/boards. Red, color-illus. dj with gold spine; Mylar cover. 128 pp. with color and bw images throughout. With an introduction by George Wingfield Digby and a preface by Edmund de Unger. The last of four volumes devoted to the Keir Collection of Islamic Objects. The period covered is from the 10th to 18th centuries. Carpets from Anatolia, Egypt, Persia, Myghal India, the Caucasus; textiles of Tiraz, Seljuk, Mamluk, Safavid, M ughal, Anatolian, and Moorish origins. Originally in German but translated into English. Stunning color images, some full-page.
(Inventory #: 152945)