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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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PreIslamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern

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      Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Published 5 January 2015
      ISBN-13 9780500970553
      978-0500970553
      ISBN-10 0500970556
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      Art & Photography Textile arts and artworks Home & Garden Carpets, rugs and textiles

      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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