The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs
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- THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF ORIENTAL RUGS
- PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I
- The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs
- COST AND TARIFF
- DEALERS AND AUCTIONS
- ANTIQUES
- ADVICE TO BUYERS
- THE HYGIENE OF THE RUG
- THE CARE OF RUGS
- THE MATERIAL OF RUGS
- DYES AND DYERS
- WEAVING AND WEAVERS
- DESIGNS AND THEIR SYMBOLISM
- THE IDENTIFICATION OF RUGS
- A FEW CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF CERTAIN RUGS
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BACKS OF SOME RUGS SHOWING THEIR CHARACTERISTIC WEAVES
- CHART SHOWING THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE DIFFERENT RUGS (part 1)
- CHART SHOWING THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE DIFFERENT RUGS (part 2)
- PART II
- GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
- THE PERSIAN CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION
- PERSIAN RUG PROVINCES
- HEREZ
- BAKHSHIS
- GOREVAN
- SERAPI
- KARA DAGH
- KASHAN
- SOUJ BULAK
- TABRIZ
- BIJAR
- KERMANSHAH (MODERN)
- SENNA
- FERAGHAN
- HAMADAN
- ISPAHAN
- JOSHAGHAN
- SARABAND
- SARUK
- SULTANABAD
- NIRIS
- SHIRAZ
- HERAT
- KHORASAN
- MESHED
- KIRMAN
- KURDISTAN PROPER
- THE TURKISH CLASSIFICATION
- KIR SHEHR
- OUSHAK
- KARAMAN
- KONIEH
- MUJUR
- LADIK
- YURUK
- AK HISSAR
- ANATOLIAN PROPER
- BERGAMA
- GHIORDES
- KULAH
- MELES
- MAKRI
- SMYRNA
- MOSUL
- THE CAUCASIAN CLASSIFICATION
- DAGHESTAN
- DERBEND
- KABISTAN
- TCHETCHEN
- BAKU
- SHEMAKHA
- SHIRVAN
- GENGHIS
- KARABAGH
- KAZAK
- THE TURKOMAN CLASSIFICATION
- KHIVA BOKHARA
- BESHIR
- TEKKE BOKHARA
- YOMUD
- KASHGAR
- YARKAND
- SAMARKAND
- THE BELUCHISTAN RUGS
- BELUCHISTAN
- CHINESE RUGS
- CHINA
- GHILEEMS, SILKS, AND FELTS
- GHILEEMS
- SENNA GHILEEM
- ANATOLIAN GHILEEM
- KIS GHILEEM
- SHIRVAN GHILEEM
- KURDISH GHILEEM
- MERVE GHILEEM
- SILK RUGS
- FELT RUGS
- CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THEIR INTENDED USE
- PRAYER RUGS (NAMAZLIK)
- HEARTH RUGS (ODJAKLIK)
- GRAVE RUGS (TURBEHLIK)
- DOWRY OR WEDDING RUGS (KIS GHILEEM)
- MOSQUE OR MECCA RUGS
- BATH RUGS (HAMMANLIK)
- PILLOW CASES (YESTEKLIK)
- SAMPLE CORNERS
- SADDLE BAGS (HEHBELIK)
- SADDLE COVER (SEMERLIK)
- FLOOR COVERINGS
- RUNNERS (KENNAR)
- HANGINGS (BERDELIK)
- FAMOUS RUGS
- FAMOUS RUGS
- GLOSSARY[C]
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
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