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Benguiat, V. and L. Rare Ancient Rugs, The V. and L. Benguiat Collection  American Art Association / Anderson Galleries 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 [no relation -Ed.], '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.
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Cahlander, Adele Double-woven Treasures from Old Peru  Dos Tejedoras St. Paul 1985 22 Color Plates  155 Black and White  203 Drawings 198 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition. Edgewear and creases to corners. The first part is a "comprehensive look at the varieties of pre-Columbian double cloth in the world's private and museum collections." The second is the author's instructions for reproducing these weaves on a variety of looms.
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Crisa, Nunzio Boro  David Sorgato Milano 2004 50 Color Plates 95 pp. 8 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition David Sorgato exhibition catalog of vintage Japanese cotton patchwork textiles mainly in indigo.  English-Italian text.
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Danon Antique Chinese Carpets  Danon Italy (2005?) 26 Color Plates  2 Black and White 32 pp. 9.5 x 11.75 Spiralbound Paperback in Very Good condition  High quality dealer catalog of old rugs from China. No text. English plate captions. 
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Danon, Enzo and Roberto eds. Text by Loretta Paderni and Egidio Cossa The Flowers of Buddha: Silk and Metal Carpets From The Forbidden City / Tappeti di Seti e di Metallo della Citta' Proibita  Doris Leslie Blau / Danon Gallery 2006 40 Color Plates 136 pp. 9.75 x 12.5 Hardback in slipcase in Very Good condition Beautifully produced dealers (Doris Leslie Blau and Danon Gallery) catalog of silk and metal thread Chinese rugs.
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Danon, Enzo and Roberto eds. Text by Nina Clara Danon Tiger and Bamboo: Tiger Rugs from Inner Mongolia / Les Tapis Tigres de la Mongolie Interieure 1880 - 1950  Orientalis Italy 2008 31 Color Plates 56 pp. 10 x 13.5 Hardback in box and slipcase in As New condition  Beautiful, high quality dealer exhibition catalog. English/French text.
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Feng, Zhao ed. Textiles from Dunhuang in UK Collections  Donghua University Press Shanghai 2007  356 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket and Slipcase in As New condition. Foot of slipcase is broken.  A systematic and comprehensive scientific study of all the known silk textiles from the Mogao Grottoes (Caves of the Thousand Buddhas) in Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road. Hundreds of color illustrations.
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Frauenknecht, B. and K. Frantz Anatolische Gebetskelims - Anatolian Prayer Kelims  Nomad-Press Nurnberg 1978 21 Color Plates, 19 Black and White 91 pp. 7 x 9 Paperback in Fair condition. Corners bumped and torn. Cover stained.   GWO 1242.  Dealer exhibition and sales catalog of Turkish kelim prayer rugs. German/English text.
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Homayounpour, Parvis Jayran, Tribal Woman and the Chanteh  Cheshmeh Tehran 2004 100 Color Plates 172 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in As New condition Collection of small south Persian tribal bags both piled and flatwoven.  Both the front and the back of the bags are shown.
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[Hong Kong] Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles  Hong Kong Museum of Art Hong Kong 1995 200 Color Plates 364 pp. 11 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition Massive and beautiful Hong Kong Museum of Art exhibition catalog from many museums and private collections.  Text by leading scholars.
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Koll, Harry Die Farben meiner Träume. Frühe Kelims aus Antolien / The Colors of My Dreams: Early Kilims From Anatolia  Pazyryk Gesellschaft Aachen 2011 212 Color Plates 264 pp. 13.75 x 9.75 Hardback in As New condition  Massive catalog of a Museum Duisberg exhibition of 101 old kilims. Illustrations show details of the flatweaves and their use in context. Limited to 500 copies. German/English text.
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Lesch, Alma Vegetable Dyeing: 151 Color Recipes for Dyeing Yarns and Fabrics with Natural Materials  Watson-Guptill New York 1970 (1974) 4 pp. of color charts 144 pp. 6 x 9 Hardback without dustjacket in Very Good condition 151 recipes for dyeing yarn and fabrics with natural materials.
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Liu, Baojian and Hongqi Yuan Classics of the Forbidden City: Carpets in the Collection of the Palace Museum  The Forbidden City Publishing House Beijing 2010 300 Color Plates 282 pp. 11.5 x 11.5 Hardback in Slipcase in As New condition. Chinese text. "This volume from Forbidden City Press features a stunning collection of ancient Chinese rugs. Mostly originating from north and northwest China – areas such as Qinghai, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Ningxia and others – these rugs range in production period from the early Han to the later Qing. Sophisticated weaving techniques and patterns for the times are well represented and many of these items represent the ideal level of health and financial stability in traditional Chinese culture." -Publisher. 96 rugs and textiles are illustrated of which 78 are antique Chinese piled carpets, 2 East Turkestan, 1 Persian vase carpet, 6 Chinese textiles and coverlets and 9 Chinese tapestries.
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lzbedeva, A.K. Vasily Vereshchagin Art Album  State Publishing House of Fine Art Moscow 1954   10.5 x 14.25 Portfolio in Very Good condition Twenty loose plates in color and black and white accompanied by an eight page text of Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin's (1842-1904) works. Most are paintings of his travels in Central Asia as well as the battle paintings he is most known for. Russian text.
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Mackay, Leigh at al. Pathways Through Paradise: Oriental Rugs from Australian Collections  Powerhouse Publishing Sydney 2004 40 Color Plates 72 pp. 8.5 x 9.5 Paperback in Very Good condition Powerhouse Museum exhibition catalog in association with the Oriental Rug Society of New South Wales. Includes the Trinitarias, the 'Yacob' Polonaise as well as tribal rugs from collectors.
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Maria Fernanda Passos Leite Work of Art in Focus: A Carpet from Mughal India in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection / Obra de Arte em Foco: Um tapete da India Mogol da Coleccao Calouste Gulbenkian  Museu Calouste Gulbenkian Lisbon 1999 11 Color Plates 4 Black and White 12 pp. 8.25 x 11.75 Paperback in Very Good condition Two articles on Indian Carpets and brief descriptions of the other Indian Carpets in the Gulbenkian holdings. Includes glossary. English/Portuguese text.  
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Oshanin, L. V. Anthropological Composition of the Population of Central Asia and the Ethnogenesis of its People I-III  Peabody Museum Cambridge 1964 135 Black and White Plus Charts 398 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deacessioned from the Museum of New Mexico Division of Anthropology. No marks except for two ink stamps on covers.  Important three volume set of this 1927-1929 Russian study. Published as a part of the Russian Translation Series of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Volume 2 Numbers 1, 2, 3.
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Piotrovsky, Mikhail B. and Anton D. Pritula eds. Beyond the Palace Walls: Islamic Art from the State Hermitage Museum, Islamic Art in a World Context  National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh 2006 242 Color Plates 256 pp. 10 x 9.5 Hardback in As New condition  Includes the article "Chinese Textiles for Islamic Countries" by Maria L. Menshikova 36 textiles (mostly Turkish) illustrated including one rug.
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Sabahi, Taher Vaghireh, Modelli per la Tessitura dei Tappeti (Vagirehs: Models for Carpet Weaving)  KARTA Firenze 1987 23 Color Plates, 23 Black and White 95 pp. 8 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition GWO 2123.  A book on samplers, woven as models for complete rugs.  Mostly Persian and Turkish. Italian text.
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Talwar, Kay and K. Krishna Indian Pigment Paintings on Cloth  Calico Museum of Textiles Ahmedabad 1979 12 Color Plates  133 Black and White 284 pp. 8.5 x 11 Hardback in worn dustjacket otherwise in Very Good condition  Volume III.  Historic Textiles of India at the Calico Museum, Ahmedabad.
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Tanavoli, Parvis Rustic and Tribal Weaves from Varamin  Yassavoli Tehran 2001 81 Color Plates 144 pp. 8 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Unread but corners bumped.  Carpets, flatweaves and bags from the Varamin area of Iran woven by various tribal groups including Lors, Kurds, Afshars and Shahsavan tribes.
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Verlet, Pierre The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. The Savonnerie: Its History, The Waddesdon Collection  Office du Livre Fribourg 1982 22 Color Plates  220 Black and White 535 pp. 8 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Small tear to dustjacket. Massive, beautiful, and scholarly this is the standard source for French Royal carpets including those from Louis XIII and Louis XIV in the Rothschild collection.
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Wilson, Lillian M. Ancient Textiles from Egypt in the University of Michigan Collection  University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor 1933  77 pp. of text 8 x 10.5 Hardback in Very Good condition.   Report by the University of Michigan on textiles found in the excavations at Karanis, in the Fayum district of Egypt in the years 1924-1926. 23 black and white plates show around 100 examples of early Coptic textiles.
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Zong, Fengying [Silks and Embroidery of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Palace Museum, Beijing]  Commercial Press Hong Kong 2005 Over 300 Color Plates 295 pp. 8.5 x 11.5 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition  "China was the world's earliest producer and profiteer of fine silks and from the periods of the Ming and Qing Dynasties came some of the most beautifully created textiles and embroideries ever seen. In this Palace Museum collection of 279 pieces, great attention is paid to the details of these beautiful and colorful selections, the majority of which come from the exclusive Court Collection itself. Covering all periods of the Ming and Qing dynasty, the items covered in this volume are proof of China's creative expertise in the field." -Publisher. Chinese text. English plate captions include sizes, dates and descriptions.
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