Pre-Islamic carpets and textiles from eastern lands / Friedrich Spuhler.

The fourth volume in Thames & Hudson's celebrated series cataloguing the al-Sabah collection, this book features a unique collection of carpets and textile fragments from the pre-Islamic and early Islamic world. The Sasanian fragments fill a substantial gap in the early history of pile carpets, dati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spuhler, Friedrich (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Thames & Hudson, 2014.
Subjects:
Sabah Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad > Art collections > Catalogs.
Rugs, Oriental > History > To 1500 > Catalogs.
Rugs, Oriental > Private collections > Catalogs.
Textile fabrics > Asia > History > To 1500 > Catalogs.
Textile fabrics > Asia > Private collections > Catalogs.
Sassanids > Material culture > Catalogs.
Sogdians > Material culture > Catalogs.
Crafts.
Teppich.
Orientteppich.
Flachgewebe.
Textilien.
Sogdisch.
Genre:
Catalogs.
Physical Description:160 pages : chiefly illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm
Format: Book

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