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Spuhler, Friedrich.

Carpets from Islamic lands / Friedrich Spuhler. - 186 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

"Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah ; the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-183) and index.

Introduction: The 2,500-year history of Oriental carpets -- Pre-classical carpets. Pre-Islamic and early Islamic carpets -- Classical carpets. Egypt -- Turkey -- Persia -- Caucasus -- India.

The third volume in Thames & Hudson's celebrated series cataloguing the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Carpets from Islamic Lands features more than forty of the finest classical carpets created in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus and India between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments. Carpet and textile expert Friedrich Spuhler describes this spectacular collection in the context of the history of Islamic art, recounting the fascinating stories behind individual carpets and celebrating their intricate designs and unparalleled craftsmanship

ISBN: 9780500970331 (hc) 0500970335 (hc) 9780500970430 (pbk.) 0500970432 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2012933046

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB382041 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016122255 Uk 016494349 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad--Art collections--Catalogs.
Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad / Art collections / Catalogs.
Āl-Ṣabāḥ.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī--Catalogs.
Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī / Catalogs.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 224-1900.
Geschichte.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islamic rugs--Catalogs.
Rugs, Oriental--Catalogs.
Art--Kuwait--Catalogs.
Art--Kuwait--Catalogs.
Islamic rugs--Catalogs.
Rugs, Oriental--Catalogs.
Islam.
Orientteppich.
Sammlung.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Islamische Staaten.

LC Class. No.: NK 2809 .I8 / S67 2012