TY - BOOK AU - Spuhler,Friedrich ED - Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī. TI - Carpets from Islamic lands SN - 9780500970331 (hc) AV - NK2809.I8 S67 2012 U1 - 746.756 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, New York PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad KW - Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad / Art collections / Catalogs. KW - Āl-Ṣabāḥ. KW - Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī KW - Catalogs KW - Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī / Catalogs KW - Islamic rugs KW - Rugs, Oriental KW - Art KW - Kuwait KW - Islam KW - gnd KW - Orientteppich KW - Sammlung KW - Islamische Staaten KW - Katalog N1 - ."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 N2 - 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 UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=serviceetdoc_library=BVB01etdoc_number=025508296etline_number=0001etfunc_code=DB_RECORDSetservice_type=MEDIA UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=025508296&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -