Tribal Rugs: A Complete Guide to Nomadic and Village Carpets

Tribal Rugs: A Complete Guide to Nomadic and Village Carpets image
ISBN-10:

0821225472

ISBN-13:

9780821225479

Author(s): James Opie
Edition: First Edition
Released: Sep 01, 1998
Publisher: Bulfinch
Format: Hardcover, 328 pages
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Description:

Providing a survey of the rug weavings of the nomadic peoples of Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia, this volume follows the history of their design evolution from the 2500-year-old Pazyryk rug (the oldest complete rug of complex design) to antique and traditional designs, and up to the present day. As tribal life gives way to relentless modernization and it becomes too late to simulate artificially the broad cultural support on which a living craft depends, the art of tribal rugs becomes increasingly the domain of the collector and the scholar. The book's discussion of the origins of tribal weaving patterns is accompanied by illustrations and diagrams which enable readers to identify the relationship between the different patterns.












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