Carpets from Islamic lands / Friedrich Spuhler.

By: Spuhler, FriedrichContributor(s): Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-WaṭanīMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012Description: 186 p : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: ISBN: 9780500970331 (hc); 0500970335 (hc); 9780500970430 (pbk.); 0500970432 (pbk.)Subject(s): Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad -- Art collections -- Catalogs | Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad / Art collections / Catalogs | Āl-Ṣabāḥ | Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī -- Catalogs | Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī / Catalogs | Islamic rugs -- Catalogs | Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs | Art -- Kuwait -- Catalogs | Art -- Kuwait -- Catalogs | Islamic rugs -- Catalogs | Rugs, Oriental -- Catalogs | Islam | Orientteppich | Sammlung | Islamische StaatenGenre/Form: Katalog.DDC classification: 746.756 LOC classification: NK2809.I8 | S67 2012Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
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.
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
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."Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah ; the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait"

Includes bibliographical references :p. (182-183)and index.

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.

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

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