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Author | : Essie Sakhai |
Publisher | : Moyer Bell Limited |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781559212038 |
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The Story of Carpets charts a rich history, examining methods of weaving and knot tying, explaining the significance of common pattern elements and looking at the differences between tribal, village and city weaving. Over 160 beautiful carpets, illustrated in full color, illuminate the subject. In addition Essie Sakhai draws from a lifetime's experience as a dealer in fine carpets to offer guidance to those who are interested in buying, with advice on matching the rug to the decor of your home, tips on care and cleaning, and sound financial advice enabling even the beginner to make an informed choice about investment in an area which is still greatly undervalued in the West. A final section gives information on individual carpet-producing regions, their history and characteristic weaving and dyeing methods.
Author | : Amelia Lau Carling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download Sawdust Carpets Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A Chinese girl learns about Holy Week customs in Guatemala. She and some other children make a sawdust carpet in the path of the religious procession.
Author | : Rukhsana Khan |
Publisher | : Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781550050691 |
Download The Roses in My Carpets Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning to weave.
Author | : Edith Nesbit |
Publisher | : Wordsworth Editions |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781853261558 |
Download The Phoenix and the Carpet Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Five British children discover in their new carpet an egg, which hatches into a phoenix that takes them on a series of fantastic adventures around the world.
Author | : Tomie DePaola |
Publisher | : Putnam Juvenile |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Carpets |
ISBN | : |
Download The Legend of the Persian Carpet Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tomie dePaola matches his storytelling talent with the richly patterned artwork of Claire Ewart to provide a tale that brings magnificent detail and feeling to this Middle Eastern fable of loss overcome by art. Full color.
Author | : Essie Sakhai |
Publisher | : Antique Collectors Club Dist |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9781851495078 |
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Persian Rugs and Carpets: The Fabric of Life presents a pictorial journey around Persia, reflecting the weaving and pattern styles of the many regions and tribes - including Esfahan, Kashan, Nain, Qum, Kerman, Tabriz, Bakhtiari, Senneh, Malayer and Qashq
Author | : Hedy Habra |
Publisher | : Interlink Publishing |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2013-09-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1623710340 |
Download Flying Carpets Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Flying Carpets is a story collection in the grand tradition of Arab storytelling. In it, Habra masterfully waves her writing wand and takes us on a journey as we read about people and places far away and encounter temples and mountain villages, gliding boats and fragrant kitchens, flaming fish and rich tapestries.
Author | : Essie Sakhai |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2002-08-27 |
Genre | : Rugs, Oriental |
ISBN | : 9781898259107 |
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Author | : Anna Badkhen |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2013-05-30 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1101616113 |
Download The World Is a Carpet Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war. In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan desert, in a village so remote that Google can’t find it, a woman squats on top of a loom, making flowers bloom in the thousand threads she knots by hand. Here, where heroin is cheaper than rice, every day is a fast day. B-52s pass overhead—a sign of America’s omnipotence or its vulnerability, the villagers are unsure. They know, though, that the earth is flat—like a carpet. Anna Badkhen first traveled to this country in 2001, as a war correspondent. She has returned many times since, drawn by a land that geography has made a perpetual battleground, and by a people who sustain an exquisite tradition there. Through the four seasons in which a new carpet is woven by the women and children of Oqa, she immortalizes their way of life much as the carpet does—from the petal half-finished where a hungry infant needs care to the interruptions when the women trade sex jokes or go fill in for wedding musicians scared away by the Taliban. As Badkhen follows the carpet out into the world beyond, she leaves the reader with an indelible portrait of fates woven by centuries of art, war, and an ancient trade that ultimately binds the invaded to the invader.
Author | : Richard D. Parsons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-07 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781788840484 |
Download Carpets of Afghanistan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Carpets of Afghanistan is without a doubt one of the most detailed analysis of Afghanistan rug production ever published. Author Richard Parsons, for many years a buyer in Afghanistan for the well-known firm O.C.M (London) Ltd, treats the reader not only to a veritable feast of carpets and rugs, all with their attendant tribal origins and motifs vividly explained, but also to a fascinating journey through the history of a diverse and colorful country. The author shares his respect and admiration for Afghanistan's stoic people, who, somehow, despite political upheavals, forced resettlement, a harsh climate and often primitive nomadic conditions, manage to fashion exquisite works of art which reflect their pride in their many-faceted heritage. Afghan rugs, which are instantly appealing due to their traditional colors and bold designs, open up a whole vista for the collector, from sumptuous piled purdahs to flat woven prayer rugs, all of them well illustrated in the 154 color and 90 black and white plates.