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A guide to modern oriental rugs, explaining the techniques, materials, and tools used in making them, and discussing quality, design, color schemes, and resale values.

This volume brings together the range of patterns and motifs used in antique textiles in the East and West. It examines the treatment of similar patterns - floral, pictorial, tree and leaf patterns, crosses and so on - by weavers of different origins. Each chapter takes a theme out of which a number of patterns have sprung, and begins with an exploratory text on the interpretations of the theme by various weavers. The captions describe the weavers' techniques and their use of pattern and colour.

This is a comprehensive view of Caucasian pilewoven rugs and flatwoven textiles, following recent research. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequent liberation of communication and trade links between the west and the newly independent Caucasian republics has resulted in the release onto the market of previously little-known traditional "heirloom" items, particularly flatwoven covers. The authors of this book argue that these new developments call for a re-evaluation of the subject of...

The wonderful folk art quality of hand-made hooked rugs endears them to all who encounter them. Over the hundred and fifty year history of their popularity in rural North America, thousands of diverse rugs have been made by cottage industries and individual craftspersons alike. Today older rugs are collected and cherished and new rugs are continually being made. This book will be a guide for antiques dealers and novice collectors alike. This handsome new book preserves, for a new generation of i...

Quilters, find new fun in hooking rugs ... Rug hookers, discover the joy of quilting! Give your home a fresh look with charming quilts and coordinating rugs. Two talented sisters team up for a one-of-a-kind collection that breathes new life into traditional folk art.

In Story Rugs and their Storytellers, author Paulette Hackman focuses on a visual style of storytelling, as old as cave art, that is gaining popularity among contemporary rug hookers. The rugs in this book tell of celebrations, travels, and adventures and illustrate personal journeys, strongly held beliefs, poignant memories, and milestones of family heritage. You will find 80 colourful story rugs in a wide range of styles and subjects from rug hooking artists from the U.S., Canada, the UK, Aust...

Although rugs woven in the classical style are still popular, it is the new wave of contemporary rug designers from the last ten years who are making news in the style and design magazines. Contemporary Rugs: Art and Design, by leading British rug designers Christopher Farr and Matthew Bourne, and Fiona Leslie of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the first book to explore the very best modern rug design from around the world.Some of the most renowned names in modern art and design, from...

Unique examples from one of the most significant private collections of Moroccan nomad carpets in the world illustrate how the eschewal of figurative representation led to radical abstraction and a completely free and modern use of colour and form. Their abstract compositions fascinated artists of all disciplines. This striking affinity is at the core of this publication, which concisely contrasts Moroccan woven and knotted carpets with European as well as American twentieth-century painting. Th...

This volume illustrates 160 rare kilims, explains in detail their history and craftmanship and discusses the symbolic meaning of their decorative motifs. The book is also illustrated with original drawings that should enable the reader to recognize and interpret the various kilim typologies.

A full-colour survey of rag rugs, fashioned from the remnants women have found to hand in their daily lives, in the last two centuries.