Mom and Dad had a great time in San Francisco for the Tribal and Textile Art show and enjoyed visiting with many of you. I put a few of the pictures Mom took on our Facebook page which you can see here:
http://www.facebook.com/rugbooks.
We also had our yearly visit from the tax man and inspired have decided that in the month of March we will pay the sales tax from California residents.
Stefano Inonescu, author of the seminal Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania reports that he has a few spots open for his May and June tours of Transylvania. My parents went last year. They report good food, good wine and wonderful rugs. There are a few pictures from the tour on our blog here:
http://rugbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/trip-pics.html--
Cetinkaya, Mehmet
MEHMET CETINKAYA GALLERY Mehmet Cetinkaya Gallery (Istanbul) -2010 86 Color Plates 48 pp. 8.5 x 12 Paperback in Near Fine condition Dealer promotional catalog showing his usual array of superb Central Asian and Turkic rugs and textiles. $30.00
Chabari, Sahameddin
LE TAPIS PERSAN: TECHNIQUES DE FABRICATION ET COMMERCE (PERSIAN RUGS: TECHNIQUES OF WEAVING AND TRADE) Droz Geneva 1957 2 Color Plates 16 Black and White 142 pp. 6.5 x 10 Paperback in Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Chipping to spine and cover. GWO 1970. A general study of the history, methods of production and markets for Persian carpets. French text. $30.00
Chenciner, Robert et al.
KAITAG: DAGHESTANI SILK EMBROIDERY: AN ITALIAN COLLECTION Ziya Bozoglu London 2007 84 Color Plates 184 pp. 9.75 x 12.75 Hardback in New condition A collection of 82 embroideries from Daghestan. "Kaitag art speaks to people of diverse cultural traditions. French art-lovers respond to a proto-Matisse style; in Sweden they see ancient Scandinavian art; Australians are reminded of Aboriginal art and in the US they see Abstract Expressionist paintings. Indeed, all these echoes are references to the common experience of the primal appeal of Kaitag embroideries, which is based on shared animist archetypes. KAITAG is the natural successor to Robert Chenciner’s first publication on the subject more than a dozen years ago, greatly adding to the lively corpus of known styles and designs of Daghestani silk embroideries, among them many pieces that are quite simply ‘best-of-type’." $150.00
Chine Gallery
WOVEN TREASURES: ANTIQUE CHINESE RUGS Chine Gallery Hong Kong 2003 10 pp. 5.5 x 7.25 Paperback booklet with CD in Very Good condition Dealer exhibition catalog of rugs from Tibet, Ningxia, Mongolia and Xinjiang. The printed booklet contains color illustrations of 43 rugs. The accompanying CD contains illustrations of 171 Tibetan, 53 Ningxia, 211 Mongolia, 84 Xinjiang and 50 other Chinese rugs. $30.00
Costantini, Marta Cuoghi
TESSUTI E COSTUMI DELLA GALLERIA PARMIGGIANI (TEXTILES AND COSTUMES OF THE GALLERY PARMIGGIANI) Grafis Edizioni Bologna 1994 124 pp. 8.25 x 11.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Cataloghi dei Civici musei di Reggio nell'Emilia #17 $75.00
Danon, Enzo and Roberto
THE GARDEN OF POMEGRANATES Textilia Ed. D'Arte Rome 2004 47 Color Plates 126 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in slipcase in Very Good condition Botany and Kabbalah in Samarkand carpets. Handsome dealer exhibition catalog of rugs from East Turkestan. Italian/English text. $150.00
del Grosso, Terenzio
LE TRAME DELLA GRANDE DEA: SIMBOLISMO ARCAICO NEI MANUFATTI TESSILI TRIBALI DEL VICINO ORIENTE (THE GREAT GODDESS: ARCHAIC SYMBOLS IN TRIBAL TEXTILES OF THE NEAR EAST) Marchi Conegliano 1993 25 Color Plates 200 Black and White Figures 131 pp. 9.5 x 11 Hardback in dustjacket in Near Fine condition The color illustrations of rugs are mostly flatweaves. Italian text. $95.00
Erbek, Guran and Bora Ozkok
TRADITIONAL TURKISH DESIGNS AND HANDICRAFTS Anatolian Vernacular Arts Research Center Ankara 1983 103 Color Plates 47 pp. 6.25 x 9.25 Paperback in library binding in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks Most illustrations are of rugs and textiles. $30.00
Erdmann, Kurt
DER TURKISCHE TEPPICH DES 15. JAHRHUNDERTS (TURKISH CARPETS OF THE 15TH CENTURY) Istanbul Universitesi Istanbul 1954 67 Black and White 134 pp. 6.5 x 9.5 Paperback in library binding in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. A standard work on early Turkish rugs. German/Turkish text. $30.00
Fajcsak, Gyorgyi and Zsuzsanna Renner eds.
THE MAN OF BUITENZORG VILLA: FERENC HOPP, GLOBE-TROTTER AND ART COLLECTOR (1833-1919) Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts Budapest 2008 53 Color Plates 43 Black and White 160 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition Catalog of the Asian art collection and biography of Mr. Hopp. Includes supplemental DVD. Most of the black and white illustrations are historical photographs. No textiles are shown. Ferenc Hopp founded the Budapest museum that bears his name. $60.00
Field, Henry
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1926-1964 NOS. 1-594 Edwards Brothers Ann Arbor 1964 112 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks Bibliography of the "Anthrogeography" of Southwest Asia compiled by this American anthropologist and expert on Middle Eastern civilizations. No illustrations. $30.00
Fisher, Nancy
THE CARE OF HISTORICAL GARMENTS AND TEXTILES University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Urbana–Champaign 1988 114 Figures 20 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library. Informative slide-script with thumbnail pictures of the slides. From the School of Human Resources and Family Studies. $30.00
Fisher, Nora, ed.
MUD, MIRROR AND THREAD: FOLK TRADITIONS OF RURAL INDIA Mapin Santa Fe 1993 157 Color Plates 240 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe exhibition catalog with and emphasis on Indian textiles. $35.00
Fortin, Michel SYRIA:
LAND OF CIVILIZATIONS Editions de l'Homme Montreal 1999 Over 400 Color Plates 360 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's research library with usual marks. Catalog of a traveling exhibition of the material culture of Syria from the Paleolithic to the modern day. Modern photography includes landscapes and people. $30.00
Grabowicz, Oksana I.
TRADITIONAL DESIGNS IN UKRAINIAN TEXTILES, AN EXHIBITION The Ukrainian Museum New York 1977 37 Black and White 36 pp. 11 x 8.5 oblong Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks $35.00
Harper, Donald et al.
BATIK JAVANESE AND SUMATRAN BATIKS FROM COURTS AND PALACES, RUDOLF G. SMEND COLLECTION Galerie Smend Koln 2000 94 Color Plates 112 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition Exhibition catalog of Indonesian textiles. English-German text. $40.00
Iran Carpet Co.
PERSIAN CARPET APPRECIATION VOLUMES 1 AND 2: MASTERPIECES OF PERSIAN CARPETS Pishgar Publishing Tehran 1973-4 400 Color Plates 440 pp. 8.5 x 11.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Text block of volume 2 is split at the spine but sound. GWO 2062-2063. Original two volume set with the portrait of the last Shah of Iran and his family. Later reprints replaced the portrait with that of Ayatollah Khomeini. Carpets are of contemporary production with an emphasis on urban and village rugs. $350.00
Jackson, Beverly and David Hugus
LADDER TO THE CLOUDS, INTRIGUE AND TRADITION IN CHINESE RANK Ten Speed Press Berkeley 1999 216 Color Plates 56 Black and White Photos 310 pp. 10 x 10 Paperback in Very Good condition A comprehensive study of Chinese civil and military rank badges. These small Chinese silk squares were sewn on surcoats. With Hugus, a collector who supplies many of the examples here as well as much of the more scholarly text, Jackson, the writer of Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition, tackles another intriguing Chinese social phenomenon: official rank and its insignia as represented in the imperial costume of Ming and Ch'ing dynasties (1368-1912). Each rank was identified by a finely woven or embroidered silk square that was worn on the front and back of a surcoat. The iconography--birds for civil ranks and real and mythological animals for military ranks--indicates not only official status but also the general Chinese worldview. Although the pictures and text are at times somewhat uncoordinated, the beautifully reproduced full-color illustrations of the badges together with archival photographs do provide a multifaceted view of the ancient system. This first comprehensive book on the topic--providing a historical and cultural background as well as information for decoding Chinese symbols on imperial dress--serves as a guide for art, military, and cultural historians as well as collectors. $30.00
Jaquet, Pierre
TOILES DE NANTES, DES XVIIIE ET XIXE SIECLES (PRINTED TEXTILES OF NANTES, EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES) Musee de l'Impression sur Etoffes de Mulhouse Mulhouse 1977 2 Color Plates 104 Black and White 159 pp. 8.5 x 8.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks Exhibition catalog of French printed textiles. $30.00
Knoke de Arathoon, Barbara
SIMBOLOS QUE SE SIEMBRAN (SYMBOLS THAT ARE PLANTED) Museo Ixchel del Traje Indigena Guatemala 2005 20 Color Plates 24 pp. 8.5 x 8 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Museum exhibition catalog of symbolism in Guatemalan textiles and clothing. Spanish text. $30.00
Koleva, Maria
BULGARIAN NEEDLEPOINT LACE Syvat Sofia 1990 25 Color Plates 47 Black and White 52 pp. 6.5 x 9.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks $30.00
Lee, Chunghie
CHUNGHIE LEE EXHIBITION Seoul 1997 47 Color Plates 42 pp. 10 x 9.75 Paperback in Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks Exhibition catalog by this modern fiber artist. $30.00
Levi-Strauss, Monique, Foreword by
LE CHALE CACHEMIRE EN FRANCE AU XIXE SIECLE (THE KASHMIR SHAWL IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE) Musee Historique des Tissus Lyon 1983 16 Color Plates 52 Black and White 100 pp. 7.25 x 10.75 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks Museum exhibition catalog. French text. $30.00
Lynton, Linda
THE SARI, STYLES-PATTERNS-HISTORY-TECHNIQUE Abrams London 1995 206 Color Plates 264 Black and White Figures 208 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition $50.00
Mangan, Kathleen Nugent ed.
LENORE TAWNEY: A RETROSPECTIVE American Craft Museum New York 1990 92 Color Plates 68 Black and White 159 pp. 8 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's research library with usual marks. Exhibition catalog of this important post-war textile artist. $30.00
Markova, Ema
SLOVENSKE L'UDOVE TKANINY (SLOVAK FOLK TEXTILES) Veda Bratislava 1976 20 Color Plates 212 Black and White 289 pages of text 8 x 7.5 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Slovak text with minimal Russian and German. $50.00
Martiniani-Reber, Marielle
CEYIZ, BRODERIES DE L'EMPIRE OTTOMAN Musee d'Art et d'Histoire Geneva 1995 46 Color Plates 73 pp. 8.5 x 9.5 Paperback in library binding in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Exhibition catalog of embroidered Ottoman textiles. $60.00
Neich, Roger and Mick Pendergrast
TRADITIONAL TAPA TEXTILES OF THE PACIFIC Thames and Hudson Auckland 1997 202 Color Plates 41 Black and White 3 Maps 160 pp. 8.5 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition $60.00
Niessen, Sandra
LEGACY IN CLOTH: BATAK TEXTILES OF INDONESIA KITLV Leiden 2009 900 mostly Color Plates 568 pp. 9 x 11 Hardback in New condition Legacy in cloth: Batak textiles of Indonesia offers the first definitive study of the woven heritage of the Toba, Simalungun, and Karo Batak. The most complete analysis of Batak textiles ever published, it provides a record of more than 100 different design types, including archival and contemporary photographs showing how the textiles are woven and how they are used in Batak culture. Legacy benefits from fieldwork conducted over two decades and consultation of all major European collections of Batak textiles and private collections in Indonesia. $100.00
Olki, Mary ed.
THE HANDICRAFTS OF THE FINNISH WOMEN Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio Helsinki 1952 8 Color Plates 90 Black and White 85 pp. 6.5 x 9.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Textiles of Finland. $30.00
Piacenti, Kirsten Aschengreen
MODA ALLA CORTE DEI MEDICI: GLI ABITI RESTAURATI DI COSIMO, ELEONORA E DON GARZIA (FASHION AT THE COURT OF THE MEDICI) Centro Di Florence 1993 7 Color Plates 76 Black and White 107 pp. 8.5 x 9 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Exhibition catalog of the Burnham collection of Renaissance costumes. Italian text with one article in English. Plate captions in English and Italian. $50.00
Riefstahl, Rudolph M.
PRIMITIVE RUGS OF THE "KONYA" TYPE IN THE MOSQUE OF BEYSHEHIR University of Chicago Chicago 1931 14 Black and White 44 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in library binding in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks GWO 1313. An offprint of an important early article in the University of Chicago's The Art Bulletin on the relationship of rug patterns to those in mosaics, miniature paintings and architecture. June 1931 issue. $30.00
Rowe, John H.
NAWA PACHA: AN INTERNATIONAL SERIES FOR ANDEAN ARCHAEOLOGY 1-14 Institute of Andean Studies Berkeley 1968-1976 Black and White figures 1335 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Good to Very Good condition. Lot of 14 issues in 11 volumes. Subjects range from pre-Columbian ceramic art to ancient urban planning. $100.00
Soustelle, Jacques
LA FAMILLE OTOMI-PAME DU MEXIQUE CENTRAL Institut d'Ethnologie Paris 1937 17 Black and White Plates 10 Maps 571 pages of text 7 x 10.5 Hardback in Very Good condition. Corners bumped. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Travaux et Memoires de L'Institut D'Ethnologie, XXVI on the Otomi people of Central Mexico. Several illustrations are of textiles. French text. $50.00
Soyal, Pakize Nilgun
KILIM AND FLAT-WOVEN RUG MUSEUM The General Directorate of Pious Foundations Carpet Istanbul 1989 26 Color Plates 28 pp. 6.5 x 9.25 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. Rugs from the carpet museums in Istanbul. $30.00
Steinmann, Axel and Gebhart Blazek
BOUCHEROUITE Blazek Graz 2009 59 Color Plates 64 pp. 8.25 x 11.75 Paperback in As New condition Exhibition catalog of modern Moroccan rag rugs. "Anyone familiar with the lively Moroccan rug and carpet market will have noticed the emergence in recent years of a previously little known type of ‘rag rug’ (called Boucherouite or Boucherwit, from Moroccan Arabic bu sherwit, ‘a piece torn from pre-used clothing’, ‘scrap’) which marks the (provisional) end of a development in which the traditional materials used for weaving (mainly sheep’s wool) are rapidly being augmented and substituted. This development is an inevitable consequence of widespread economic, social and cultural changes in Morocco’s rural areas: with the move away from nomadic animal husbandry to settled farming and other modern forms of rural employment, wool as the primary raw material for the production of carpets for Moroccan domestic use has become ever rarer, and replacement materials have become ever more important. The materials used include recycled rag strips and yarns from a variety of ‘found’ textile remnants including wool, cotton, synthetic fibres, Lurex, nylon and plastic. This development started during the 1960s and 1970s in the plains – mainly settled by Arabs – around the towns of Beni Mellal and Boujad." $60.00
Stone, Peter F.
TRIBAL AND VILLAGE RUGS: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO DESIGN, PATTERN AND MOTIF Thames and Hudson New York 2004 Over 1600 Color illus. 350 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in New condition An indispensable resource for all collectors and scholars of Oriental rugs and carpets. An indispensable resource for all collectors and scholars of Oriental rugs and carpets. $45.00
Tapper, Richard and Jon Thompson ed.
THE NOMADIC PEOPLES OF IRAN Azimuth Editions London 2002 324 pp. 12.5 x 9.5 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition This massive book documents the life of the nomads of Persia at the end of the 20th century. Tribes include Kurds, Qashqa'i, Shahsavan and Turkmen. Many rugs and costumes are shown. Photography by Nasrollah Kasraian. "For those of us with an abiding passion for tribal nomadic textiles and the study of their history, ethnography and socio-economic background, this handsome coffee- table book by Tapper and Thompson is the ultimate Christmas gift. It is a labor of love that has consumed years of effort on the part of its editors,(see the introduction by Jon Thompson), but it was certainly worthwhile for it combines sumptuous display with scholarly content. It is literally packed with hundreds of photos by the distinguished Iranian photographer Nasrollah Kasraian as well as a definitive compilation of essays on the tribal peoples of Iran by a dozen of the top anthropologists who have conducted actual fieldwork among the nomads. Thus the volume is a happy conjunction of entertainment, enlightening photographs and scholarly text."-Peter Poullada $100.00
Tokatlian, Armen
SOIES DE PARADIS - TAPIS ET TEXTILES D'ORIENT DU MUSÉE DES TISSUS DE LYON (SILKS OF PARADISE) Gourcuff Gradenigo Paris 2009 52 Color Plates 120 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in New condition The collection of oriental carpets and textiles from the Textile Museum, Lyon was formed mainly in the late nineteenth century.Some pieces are extremely rare, they were made largely in Safavid, Ottoman and Mughal royal workshops. Silks of Paradise presents a selection of these masterpieces of textile art with a thorough referenced description. Fully illustrated in color. French text. $60.00
Varju-Ember, Maria
HUNGARIAN DOMESTIC EMBROIDERY Corvina Press Budapest 1963 9 Color Plates 41 Black and White 61 pages of text 6.5 x 7 Hardback in chipped dustjacket otherwise in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks $30.00
Welch, Anthony
ARTISTS FOR THE SHAH: LATE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTING AT THE IMPERIAL COURT OF IRAN Yale University Press London 1976 16 Color Plates 233 pp. 6 x 9 Hardback in dustjacket. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. $30.00
Wrigglesworth, Linda
CLOUDS Linda Wrigglesworth Ltd. London (2000?) 49 Color Plates 18 pp. 8.25 x 11.75 Gate-fold Paperback in Near Fine condition Dealer exhibition and sales catalog of the cloud motif in Chinese and Tibetan textiles. $40.00
Zigura, Alexandra
COVOARE TURCESTI DIN COLECTIA MUZEULUI (TURKISH CARPETS FROM THE MUSEUM COLLECTION) Muzeul de Arta al Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucharest 1966 26 Black and White 72 pp. 6.75 x 7.5 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with minimal marks. Exhibition catalog from the Muzeul de Arta al Republicii Socialiste Romania. In original plastic sleeve. Romanian text. $30.00
THE BULLETIN OF THE NEEDLE AND BOBBIN CLUB VOLUME 18 NUMBERS 1 AND 2 1934 Needle and Bobbin Club New York 1934 43 Black and White 95 pp. 7.5 x 10 Paperback in Good condition. Former owner's ink stamp on front cover. Major article: "The Art of Batik in Java" by Tassilo Adam. $35.00
THE BULLETIN OF THE NEEDLE AND BOBBIN CLUB VOLUME 20 NUMBERS 1 AND 2 1936 Needle and Bobbin Club New York 1936 17 Black and White Illustrations 83 pp. 7.5 x 10 Paperback in Very Good condition. Former owner's ink stamp on front cover. Technical Study of Textiles from the Burial Mounds of Noin-Ula. Mongolian Silk Fabrics. $35.00
CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF HISTORICAL TEXTILES, INTERNATIONAL SEMINARY UNESCO Prague 1987 Black and White figures, charts, graphs and tables 116 pp. 8 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum research library with usual marks. 19 articles with 4 in English. Other languages include Czech, German, French, and Hungarian. $30.00
INCA PERU: RITO, MAGIA, MISTERO Leonardo-De Luca Bruxelles 1992 32 Color Plates 340 Black and White 133 pp. 9.5 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition. Deaccessioned from a museum's research library with usual marks. Museum exhibition catalog. Four of the color plates and few of the black and white illustrations are of textiles including hats and featherwork. $50.00
Christie's London ORIENTAL RUGS AND CARPETS APRIL 15, 2010 Christie's London Sale #7845. This auction resulted in the highest price ever paid for an Oriental rug. This is the first time this carpet has been published in color. Includes prices realized. $75
