<p>Attractive, hard-wearing and versatile, kilims have become one of the most fashionable features of Western interior decoration in recent years. This illustrated guide shows how to use them in the home. With information on their history and origins, types and techniques, and guidance on buying and valuing, cleaning and repairing, it contains over 250 photographs of interiors ranging from English country houses to Mediterranean villas - providing ideas for those seeking decorative inspiration.</p>

Living With Kilims

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Alastair Hull

Nicholas Barnard

Crafts & Hobbies

Thames&Hudson

<p>Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2000 Publisher: Thames &amp; Hudson Click on the Google Preview image above to the read some pages of this book! Kilim: The Complete Guide is a comprehensive survey of the field unravelling the complex questions surrounding the origins and history of these unique flatweaves and their makers. Hundreds of illustrations. many in colour and many specially taken. offer a remarkable blend of information and the dazzling visual allure for which kilims are famous. A detailed account of techniques - emacing materials. dyes. tools. kilim structures and weaving - is followed by a systematic analysis of motifs and symbolism. Here. the complex relationship between Islam and the animistic or shamanistic traditions that preceded it is explored. but so too are the many pitfalls that await any researcher who does not take into account the lore of the bazaar ...</p>

Kilim: The Complete Guide

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

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