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Celebrates the earliest history of the Islamic world's great textile traditions through fifty beautiful carpets and fragments. A wave of these beautiful textiles has reached the West since the turn of the 21st century, and here they are divided into variants featuring birds, mammals, and mythological creatures, which retain their glowing colors and lively charm.

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'The long awaited work is finally here ... fills substantial gaps in the early history of knotted rugs' - Carpet Collector

PreIslamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern

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A Paperback / softback by Friedrich Spuhler

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    Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
    Publication Date: 05/01/2015
    ISBN13: 9780500970553, 978-0500970553
    ISBN10: 0500970556
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Celebrates the earliest history of the Islamic world's great textile traditions through fifty beautiful carpets and fragments. A wave of these beautiful textiles has reached the West since the turn of the 21st century, and here they are divided into variants featuring birds, mammals, and mythological creatures, which retain their glowing colors and lively charm.

    Trade Review
    'The long awaited work is finally here ... fills substantial gaps in the early history of knotted rugs' - Carpet Collector

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