Thursday, February 3, 2011

Safawid Rugs and Textiles: The Collection of the Shrine of Imam Ali at Al-Najaf


Aga-Oglu, Mehmet: Safawid Rugs and Textiles: The Collection of the Shrine of Imam Ali at Al-Najaf

Columbia University Press New York 1941

39 Black and White 130 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in Near Fine condition. Decorative slipcase is missing spine and shows wear on edges and corners.

GWO 1938. Catalog of these Persian rugs and textiles in this sacred Shia shrine. This copy is the original 1941 edition with the original green buckram cloth binding and gilt-lettered spine. Included is a four page prospectus with 1 tipped-in black and white plate and a one page publisher's advertising supplement. Loose inscribed end paper signed by the author.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New Books for February 2011

Albertsson, Ingemar and P. Willborg WOVEN MAGIC: A BOOK ABOUT KILIMS GWO 1126. A dealer's exhibition and sales catalog of kilims. English-Swedish text. $60

Baldwin, Gordon ROGER FENTON: PASHA AND BAYADERE Roger Fenton's photograph Pasha and Bayadere is a fascinating image in its own right and is an expression of a more general Orientalist craze that grew steadily stronger during the nineteenth century in Europe. In his rich and detailed study, Gordon Baldwin explains how this image of a seated man and a dancing woman embodies themes and motifs that can be found in the work of nineteenth-century artists from Eugene Delacroix to John Frederick Lewis to Alfred Lord Tennyson. He has also brought to light significant new information about the life and career of Roger Fenton, the important Victorian photographer best known for his photographs of the Crimean War. -Publisher $20

Bernheimer, L. DER FLACHGEWEBTE TEPPICH (FLATWOVEN RUGS) GWO 122. Dealer sales and exhibition catalog of kilims from Anatolia and other areas. German text. $30

Collins Jr., John J. SHIRAZ: AN EXHIBITION AND SALE OF SOUTH PERSIAN TRIBAL RUGS AND SADDLEBAGS GWO 1974. Dealer catalog of South Persian tribal rugs and bags. $130

Ertug, Ahmet et al. TURKISH CARPETS FROM THE 13TH-18TH CENTURIES Fabulous museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts exhibition catalog. Many major collections on display. $595

Fanto, Alessandro KILIM, CURDI D'ANATOLIA (KURDISH KILIMS FROM ANATOLIA) GWO 1233. Dealer exhibition catalog of Kurdish flatweaves from Eastern Anatolia. Italian text. $75

Hasson, Rachel MOROCCAN CHARM, ART OF THE BERBER TRIBES: THE G. BLAZEK COLLECTION OF CARPETS AND TEXTILES AND THE I. GAMMET COLLECTION OF JEWELRY L.A. Meyer Museum for Islamic Art exhibition catalog of the rugs, textiles and jewelry of Morocco. 167 illustrations including color plates of rugs, textiles and jewelry interspersed with black and white historical photographs. English-Hebrew text. $70

Hasson, Rachel PALESTINIAN COSTUMES, EMBROIDERY IN A RAINBOW OF COLORS: E. KLEIDMAN COLLECTION L.A. Meyer Museum for Islamic Art exhibition catalog of the E. Kleidman Collection. $30

Helmecke, Gisela SPLENDOUR OF COLOUR - SHIMMER OF SILK: EMBROIDERY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM GERMANY L.A. Meyer Museum for Islamic Art exhibition catalog of Ottoman textiles from an anonymous German family. English-Hebrew text. $65

Ionescu, Stefano et al. ANTIQUE OTTOMAN RUGS IN TRANSYLVANIA Winner of the Romanian Academy's 2008 Oprescu Prize for Art History. Standard revised second English edition. Today Transylvania continues to be the repository of the richest and best preserved corpus of Turkish carpets outside the Islamic world. Among them are almost four hundred examples attributable to the golden period of Ottoman weaving from the mid 15th to the second half 18th century. They include many of the classic types such as 'Holbeins', Ushaks, 'Lottos' and Selendis as well as 'Transylvanians'. It is the aim of this book to present a thorough and detailed review of the historical and material evidence, and to provide soundly-based answers to the question of both the origin of the carpets and the reasons for their survival. The second edition, revised and expanded, was published on the occasion of ICOC 2007. It is the final work on 'Transylvanian' carpets which shows color plates and technical analysis of 300 Ottoman Rugs of the 15th-18th centuries in the Protestant Churches of Transylvania and the Museums of Romania, Hungary and Germany. The work has also inspired the 2007 exhibition ' Anatolian Rugs in Transylvanian Churches 1500-1750' at the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul; the 2006 exhibition 'Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania' at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin; and 'Anatolian rugs from Transylvania 16th-18th Centuries' at the Romanian Academy in Rome in 2005. $195

Ionescu, Stefano et al. ANTIQUE OTTOMAN RUGS IN TRANSYLVANIA, DELUXE EDITION Winner of the Romanian Academy's 2008 Oprescu Prize for Art History. Deluxe revised second English edition. Today Transylvania continues to be the repository of the richest and best preserved corpus of Turkish carpets outside the Islamic world. Among them are almost four hundred examples attributable to the golden period of Ottoman weaving from the mid 15th to the second half 18th century. They include many of the classic types such as 'Holbeins', Ushaks, 'Lottos' and Selendis as well as 'Transylvanians'. It is the aim of this book to present a thorough and detailed review of the historical and material evidence, and to provide soundly-based answers to the question of both the origin of the carpets and the reasons for their survival. The second edition, revised and expanded, was published on the occasion of ICOC 2007. It is the final work on 'Transylvanian' carpets which shows color plates and technical analysis of 300 Ottoman Rugs of the 15th-18th centuries in the Protestant Churches of Transylvania and the Museums of Romania, Hungary and Germany. The work has also inspired the 2007 exhibition ' Anatolian Rugs in Transylvanian Churches 1500-1750' at the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul; the 2006 exhibition 'Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania' at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin; and 'Anatolian rugs from Transylvania 16th-18th Centuries' at the Romanian Academy in Rome in 2005. $225

Meurant, Georges SHOOWA DESIGN: AFRICAN TEXTILES FROM THE KINGDOM OF KUBA Seminal book on the subject. $200

Ministry of Culture, Turkey ANATOLIAN KILIMS 1 Catalog shows kilims from public and private collections. Includes design analysis. $90

Ministry of Culture, Turkey ANATOLIAN KILIMS 2 Catalog shows kilims from public and private collections. Includes design analysis. $90

Olcer, Nazan et al. IN PRAISE OF GOD: ANATOLIAN RUGS IN TRANSYLVANIAN CHURCHES, 1500-1750 Exhibition catalog of Turkish rugs once in Transylvanian churches now mostly in European museums. This catalog includes different examples than those shown in Ionescu's book. English text. $125

Olson Rugs OLSON RUGS: RICH ORIENTAL - EARLY AMERICAN AND TWO TONE PATTERNS Full color catalog from this early American machine-made rug company in various Oriental patterns. Includes order blank sent to a Mrs. P. Tubbs of Eaton Rapids, MI. $40

Pritchard, Frances CLOTHING CULTURE: DRESS IN EGYPT IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM AD: CLOTHING FROM EGYPT IN THE COLLECTION OF THE WHITWORTH ART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER This is the first in-depth study of the Whitworth Art Gallery's acclaimed collection of clothing from post-Pharaonic Egypt, most of which was excavated between 1888 and 1923. The evolution of the shaping and cut of garments, especially tunics, cloaks and headwear, is traced from the late 3rd century, when Egypt was under Roman rule, to the 10th century, by which time it was an Arab state. The weaving and sewing skills of the era are brought into sharp focus, as well as the distinctive styles, decoration and colors of the clothes. Egypt in the first millennium AD was a rich cultural melting pot and this diversity was reflected in the dress of the people. The book is lavishly illustrated with specially-commissioned color photographs and line drawings. -Cover $150

Rathbun, William J. BEYOND THE TANABATA BRIDGE: TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TEXTILES Important museum exhibition catalog. $35

Rippon Boswell and Co. SONDER-AUKTION #45 The best auction catalog for the carpet and textile collector. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Most items shown. $50

Schulze, Helmut R. AFGHANISTAN: TRAVELS BEYOND THE HORIZON L.A. Meyer Museum for Islamic Art exhibition catalog of photojournalist Helmut Schulze's photography in Afghanistan. English-Hebrew text. $40

Sotheby's Olympia TEXTILES FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALISTAIR MCALPINE JUNE 7, 2006 Sale #W06756. Important auction catalog of this collection of mainly African (North and Sub-Sahara) textiles illustrated in color. Includes prices realized. $75

Turck, Ulrich ANATOLISCHE KELIM IM SCHLOSS LEMBECK: EINE AUSSTELLUNG FREUNDESKREIS ORIENTALISCHER TEPPICHE UND TEXTILIEN IN WESTFALEN (ANATOLIAN KILIMS IN LEMBECK CASTLE) Outstanding ancient Turkish Kilims from private European collections. German/English text. $65

Turker, Soraya COLLECTION GALERIE ATTILA VOLUME 1 Dense full color French language exhibition catalog of 19th and 20th century rugs and flatweaves from all areas. Includes illustrations of 49 Turkish, 32 Persian, 20 Caucasian, 9 Turkmen, 9 Chinese and 31 kilims. $65

Turker, Soraya ORIGINS AND TRADITIONS OF ORIENTAL CARPETS: PERSIA - TURKEY - CAUCASUS - TURKMENISTAN Atilla Gallery exhibition catalog of late 19th-early 20th century. $65