ICOC Book Sale

We are less than a month away from the 12th International Conference on Oriental Carpets, the world's premier Oriental rug event for 2011! As official distributors of ICOC titles we are offering a select group at 20% off from now until the conference closes on June 16. These books are filled with world-class examples and scholarly research. The price changes are reflected on our website.

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Tezcan, Hulya; Sumiyo Okimura; Kathleen Hamilton Gundogdu; eds.: Weaving Heritage of Anatolia (2 Volumes)
Istanbul 2007
328 Color Plates 510 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition. Slipcase damaged, as issued.
This sumptuously illustrated two-volume boxed set was published on the occasion of the 11th International Conference on Oriental Carpets held in Istanbul in April 2007. The first volume is on the exhibitions of private collections that were on display at the Swissotel including yastiks (78 color plates), kilims (65 color plates), catmas (24 color plates), Ottoman textiles (11 color plates), costumes (10 color plates), and piled rugs (22 color plates). The second volume is of 118 of the 266 recently conserved rugs at the Istanbul Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art (TIEM). Turkish/ English text. Printed and bound in Turkey. This title is the latest in the series of publications by the ICOC that provide continuing scholarship on Oriental rugs for the collector. Limited to 500 copies.
Price: $295    $236

Eiland, Murray L. ed.: A World of Carpets and Textiles
Danville 2003
325 Color Plates 290 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition.
Exhibition catalog of the 10th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. Massive display of Textile Museum and collector rugs, including displays of Ensi, Kaitag, Central Asian, Persian tribal and Caucasian rugs. A sparkling book illustrating the many exhibitions of the 10th ICOC in Washington, DC in 2003. The weighty volume contains: rare Spanish and Mamluk carpets from the Textile Museum Collection, essays by Carol Bier; a large section of Kaitag embroideries from the Caucasus, essay by Susan Scollay; Central & Southern Zagros Mountain weavings, essay by John Wertime, and Khorjin & Mafrash of NW Persia and Transcaucasia, essay by Wendel Swan. Essays by Hoffmeister, Tsareva and Crosby lead a special exhibition of The Turkmen Ensi and Traditional Textiles of Uzbekistan are supplemented with essays by Makhamova, Mirsadiyeva, Babanazarova and Tsareva.
Price: $110    $88

Dodds, Dennis R. et al.: Oriental Rugs from Atlantic Collections
Philadelphia 1996
331 Color Plates 277 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition.
Massive catalog of the 8th ICOC in Philadelphia in 1996. Contains a wide range of rug types from private and museum collections, including rare Central Asian rugs and trappings from the Russian Ethnographic Museum in St. Petersburg and Classical carpets of the 16-17th centuries from the distinguished collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Beautifully illustrated, large pictures, cogent writing by leading authorities: Dodds, Eiland, Jr., Indictor, Mallary, Mast, Pickering, Pinner and Tsareva. Central Asian and tribal rugs are well represented.
Price: $110    $88

Eiland, Murray: Oriental Rugs from Pacific Collections
San Francisco 1990
230 Color Plates 244 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition.
GWO 337. This substantial book documents the superb pile rugs, kilims and trappings exhibited during the 6th ICOC in San Francisco in 1990. As a major center for collectors and dealers since the 1960s, the Bay Area contains numerous world-class private and museum collections. Eiland's essays are useful additions to the wide range of mostly tribal, village and classical pieces. There are several extraordinary Central Asian weavings from the Russian Ethnographic Museum. The private collections show strong tribal interest.
Price: $110    $88

Morehouse, Brian: Yastiks: Cushion Covers and Storage Bags of Anatolia
Philadelphia 1996
144 Color Plates 109 pp. 8 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition.
Important book in this area. Exhibition catalog from 8th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. The groundbreaking book on these diminutive treasures. Excellent introduction covers historical background and merging influences from both the ancient Mediterranean world and from nomadic tribes originating in the east. Looks at early Anatolian carpet designs and their relationship to the yastik, discusses dating and regional design/technical differences. Color illustrations are organized by geographical regions of Turkey and assist in viewing design similarities within these areas.
Price: $65    $52

Eiland, Murray L. and R. Pinner and W. Denny : Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies Volume IV
Berkeley 1993
9 Color Plates, 452 black and white illustrations and figures 281 pp. 7 x 10 Paperback in New condition.
Papers from the 7th ICOC presented in San Francisco.
Price: $35    $28


Eiland, Murray and R. Pinner: Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies Volume 5 Part 1
Danville, Ca 1999
240 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in New condition.
Well illustrated in color and black and white. Conference papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. This impressive book contains selected conference papers. Edited by Murray Eiland and Robert Pinner, the new, larger format and abundant use of color illustrations make this a useful and important reference.
Price: $65    $52

Eiland, M. and R. Pinner: Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies Volume 5 Part 2 The Salting Carpets
Danville, Ca 1999
136 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in New condition.
Well illustrated in color and black and white illustrations. Conference papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Oriental Carpets. This compendium of academic sessions discusses a long-controversial subject for the origins of the so-called "Salting carpets" and makes an important contribution to settling the question. "...serves to underline the importance of combining aesthetic and chromatic considerations with archival research...(Michael Franses') paper is painstakingly researched (with) and illustrated catalogue, structural analyses, C-14 dating and translations...of the inscriptions." Susan Day, HALI #110, May-June 2000, pp 74-75.
Price: $45    $36

Eiland, Murray and R. Pinner ed.: Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies Volume VI
Danville 2001
507 Color Plates 65 Black and White 240 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in New condition.
Papers presented at the International Conference on Oriental Carpets in Milan, 1999, covering most areas of Oriental rugs including Moroccan rugs. Important and original papers on the early development of carpet weaving and Classical carpets; rugs from the Caucasus; Anatolian carpets, Moroccan carpets; conservation and materials; Turkmen and other Central Asian weaving. Authors include Farnham, Parham, Sinderman, Mills, Sherrill, Eiland, Boehmer, Balpinar and Ryder. An important addition in large format to the Oriental Carpet and Textiles Studies (OCTS) series.
Price: $65    $52

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Scaramuzza, Carlo ed.: Kaitag, Art for Life: Embroidered Textiles from Daghestan / Kaitag, arte per la vita. Tessuti ricamati del Daghestan
Milano 2010 110 Color Plates 154 pp. 9.5 x 10.75 Hardback in New condition. Museo di Storia Naturale exhibition catalog. "A Selected Public Kaitag Exhibition from European Collections. English/Italian text.








Benguiat, V. and L.: Rare Ancient Rugs, The V. and L. Benguiat Collection
New York 1932 27 Black and White 58 pp. 8 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition. Slight chipping to edges and spine. GWO 104. Sale #3968. O'Bannon says, "The April auction to liquidate the Benguiats indebtedness to the American Art Association. Most are classical carpets, many now in museum collections." From the title page: Rare Eastern Carpets of the XVI and XVII Centuries, A Magnificent Royal Persian Animal Carpet, the 'Marquand' Imperial Persian Rug, 'Polonaise' Gold- and Silver-Woven Court Rugs, Royal Ispahans, Oushaks, and Imperial Lahores, Silk-Woven Persian and Indian Examples, Egyptian, 'Damascus', and Chinese Rugs, A Rare Louis XIV Savonnerie Carpet, A XVI Century Veneto-Perse Velvet Fragment, Also Spanish Renaissance Examples.





Durdyeva, T.K. [T.K. Durdyyewa]: Gudratly Turkmen Halysy / Magnificent Turkmen Carpets
Ashkhabad 2006 176 Color Plates 44 Black and White Figures 239 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in Very Good condition. Many of the examples are antique rugs and trappings in the Turkmen Carpet Museum in Ashkhabad. Includes several modern pictorial carpets as well as the world's largest handmade Turkmen carpet. English, Turkmen and Russian text.

ICOC and the TMA/SC

We are only a few weeks away from the 12th International Conference on Oriental Carpets and it's not too late to register! If you cannot make it to Stockholm next month (and sadly, we cannot) you can live vicariously and reminisce about past conferences with these official ICOC publications.

If you are in the Los Angeles area we would like to welcome you to peruse our 3,500 title inventory. Call or email for an appointment and directions.

If you live in the Los Angeles area we urge you to consider joining the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, a non-profit organization that presents monthly educational programs, discussions, field trips, and special events focused on handmade textiles, weavings, Oriental carpets and costumes from around the world. On May 14 the program will be "Out of the Caucasus: Caucasian Carpets from a Private Collection" with San Diego collector Alan Campbell.