Oriental carpets / Taher Amir Khan



Digitised Book 3.15.164.223 (0)

1987

Oriental carpets / Taher Amir Khan

Information About

The object of this book is to guide beginners about oriental carpets without causing any confusion.

Subjects

Rugs, Oriental

Categories

Visual Arts

Additional Details

Creators
Khan, Taher Amir
Subject
Rugs, Oriental
Publisher
G. Brash, 1987
National Library Board Singapore, 1987
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. (chiefly col.) ; col. maps
Table of Contents
Classification & definition of oriental carpets -- Advice on buying an oriental carpet. Materials -- Colours and their meanings. Dyeing -- The making of a carpet. Designs. Patterns -- Meaning of symbols -- Persian carpets. Ardebil. Tabriz. Kashan. Qum. Nain. Isfahan. Kirman. Sarouk. Baluchi -- Afghan Carpets. Pakistan. Egypt. Turkey. China -- Antique Carpets -- Carpets as an investment -- How to keep a carpet -- For further study.
Copyright
All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.