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Of Indian Carpets and Carpetwallahs: An Appreciation
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Jon Westborg

Of Indian Carpets and Carpetwallahs

An Appreciation

Jon Westborg

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English
Aleph Book Company
20 January 2023
Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles
Carpets adorniving spaces across theength and breadth of the country and are appreciated for many qualities”their design, their colours, their ""feel'”but rarely their history. Yet, each carpet has a story hidden within its intricate details, and the value of a carpet is not only determined by what it costs, or by its technical and aesthetic qualities, but also by the story it carries. Of Indian Carpets and Carpetwallahs: An Appreciation tells the stories of Indian carpets by delving into the histories of an assortment of unique carpets”that of delicate Kashmiri carpets, a Herati-inspired carpet made in Amritsar, and even one made in Rampur jail”collected by Norwegian diplomat Jon Westborg over hisifetime.

Of Indian Carpets and Carpetwallahs: An Appreciation melds history, memory, and aesthetics beautifully to create a complete and detailed picture of the Indian carpet-making tradition.
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Imprint:   Aleph Book Company
Dimensions:   Height: 267mm,  Width: 216mm,  Spine: 11mm
Weight:   671g
ISBN:   9789395853491
ISBN 10:   9395853492
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Norwegian diplomat Jon Westborg was born in Darjeeling, India, in 1946, but spent most parts of his childhood at different mission-stations in Assam, and at a boarding school in Shillong, then the capital of Assam. At the age of thirteen, he moved to Norway.

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