Beginners
Guide To Oriental Rugs
by Linda Kline
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ISBN: 978-0-89496-093-2 (Paper) ISBN: 978-0-89496-032-1 (eBook) TITLE: Beginner's Guide to Oriental Rugs AUTHOR: Linda Kline PRICE: $14.95 (Paper) BINDING: Paper PAGES: 224 COVER ILLUSTRATOR: Linda Kline BOOK ILLUSTRATOR: Linda Kline STATUS: Available Now |
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| Introduction History & Making of Oriental Rugs Choosing Your Rug Motifs |
Rosette Motif Scorpion Motif Serrated Leaf Motif Snake Motif Star Motif Swastika Motif Tarantula Motif Triangle Motif Tree of Life Motif Trefoil Motif Turkoman Gul Motif Weeping Willow Motif Yin Yang Motif Zig Zag Motif Persian Rugs Caucasian Rugs Turkish Rugs Turkoman Rugs Chinese Rugs India, Pakistan, Roumania Glossary Index |
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Sarakhs Rug Boy Weavers of Tabriz Dyeing Vats Turkish Girls at Loom Girls at Loom Indian Boy Weavers |
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This basic guide to oriental rugs is organized to the advantage of the novice collector. A comprehensive section describes and illustrates the 41 most common motifs (geometric, floral and medallion styles and their variations) and the geographic areas where these motifs are produced. Once the motif of a rug is identified, readers can find a listing of the villages or tribes that characteristically employ that design, and can further discriminate according to the type of weave used in each region. Persian, Caucasian, Turkish and Turkoman rugs are covered, as well as those made in India, Pakistan and Roumania. The handsome color photos are accompanied by captions detailing outstanding features of workmanship and design. No attempt is made to categorize rugs by value or price, but Kline does note rugs that are not of collector quality. |
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| Author Biography |
| Linda Kline has been collecting Oriental rugs for almost two decades and has traveled extensively in her endeavor. She has encountered hundreds of people in this profession and offers the Beginner's Guide to Oriental Rugs as a way to reduce the amount of time, money and effort the average person faces when considering purchasing oriental rugs. |
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| What we intended with The Beginner's Guide to
Oriental Rugs was to make available, at an affordable
price, a book on oriental rugs that would guide the
person that is interested through the maze of conflicting
claims in this art. Anyone can counterfeit oriental rugs and there is no sure way of knowing that a rug is "hand done" or machine woven. Consequently, value for a rug because of the labor in creating the rug or the rarity of the rug is questionable. Exerts are even more questionable. What is of value, however, is the beauty of the rugs and the knowledge of the designs in the rug and where they come from which make for great conversation and enjoyment. This book provides maps to the rug producing areas where original designs came from. Discussions about the tribes and a great many of the typical motifs found in the rugs. |
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There are numerous "Coffee table" art
books available that serve as a catalogue of some
Oriental rugs. Although useful, most of these books tend
to leave people confused and are more akin to a museum
catalogue than serving as a useful working book for one
intending to purchase or identify oriental rugs. Invaluable for the prospective owner and experienced collector, the "Beginner's Guide to Oriental Rugs" presents clear illustrations of many of the most common designs found in Oriental rugs. Along with these designs are descriptions of the various rug makers that use the designs. To help refine things, the designs are followed by a detailed description of the rugs produced by each of the major rug producing tribes or towns. Complete advice is also given on evaluating a carpet, what makes one carpet more valuable than another, and how to take care of a carpet once you have it. Other useful features include a glossary, maps of all major rug producing areas, the history of Oriental rugs and how the carpets are made, etc. Here is the one book you will need to identify, evaluate and purchase oriental rugs. |
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