TURKMEN TRIBAL CARPETS & TRADITIONS IMPORTANT BOOK

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Turkmen Tribal Carpet and Traditions edited by Louise W. Mackie and Jon Thompson. Published� in 1980, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. Hard cover, 9" x 12.25", in very good condition, with a gift bookplate inside, and a small corner crease throughout most of the pages. The dustjacket is also in good condition with some light wear. This is an ex-library copy, with only a three library markings, and in very good condition. Has 240 pages with 99 color plates, 117 b/w illustratins, 55 shaded drawings, and a map. In this volume, 95 Turkmen carpets, selected for their quality and beauty are illustrated in color, most for the first time. T are b/w photographs, including scenes of daily Turkmen life and rug weaving. Contents include: Foreword; Map; Introduction; Turkmen Carpet Weavings in Historical Perspective; The Place of Carpet Weaving in Turkmen Society; The Turkmen Tent; Turkmen Carpet Weavings: Introduction; Salor; Saryk; Tekke; Chodor; Arabatchi; Imreli; Yomut; Ersari; Bukhara; Ersari Carpets; Some Aspects of the Tekke Chuval; The Dyes in Turkman Carpets; Structural Analyses of Turkmen Carpets; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Notes on the Authors.� Contains an interesting and informative text with each chapter written by a different author. Also has descriptions given for each illustration shown.� This is an excellent, hard read more

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