Oriental carpets / Taher Amir Khan



Digitised Book 216.73.216.107 (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

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Additional Details

Title
Oriental carpets / Taher Amir Khan
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.