Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands

Friedrich Spuhler, Friedrich Spuhler

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Thames & Hudson Ltd
05 March 2015

Textile artworks: carpets & rugs; History

Celebrates the earliest history of the Islamic world's great textile traditions through fifty beautiful carpets and fragments.

A wave of these beautiful textiles has reached the West since the turn of the 21st century, and here they are divided into variants featuring birds, mammals, and mythological creatures, which retain their glowing colors and lively charm.

By: Friedrich Spuhler, Friedrich Spuhler
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 275mm, Width: 220mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 810g
ISBN: 9780500970553
ISBN 10: 0500970556
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 05 March 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Formerly a curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Dr Friedrich Spuhler is the author of numerous books on Islamic textiles and carpets, including Carpets from Islamic Lands and Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands.