Livro - Oriental Rugs And Carpets (fabio Formenton)

Descrição

STATUS - PRODUTO (LIVRO) USADO

Descrição - Livro antigo, usado. Em bom estado de conservação, sem rasuras, grifos ou sublinhados. Com manchinhas amareladas (oxidação do papel) e um folha solta.

Título - Oriental Rugs and Carpets
Autor - Fabio Formenton
Editora - Hamlyn
ISBN - 0600028887
Edição - 1ª
Ano - 1972
Idioma - Inglês
Acabamento - Capa dura com sobrecapa em papel
Nº de Páginas - 452

Sinopse - This book is a comprehensive guide intended for anyone, collector, connoisseur, or window shopper who is interested in Oriental carpets. The main body of text is a systematic catalogue of carpets and rugs, Illustrated with over a hundred superb colour plates and maps of each region. Together, the catalogue and illustrations provide na invaluable source of reference and a means of immediate identification. The catalogue is divided into five chapters corresponding to the most importante carpet-weaving centres: Turkey; the Caucasus; Persia (Iran); Turkestan and Afghanistan; China and India. Each carpet listed is described in detail technically and aesthetically, and na assessment is made of its quality. The book also contains na introduction dealing with the historical background, the materials and methods of weaving, and the main designs and motifs, as well as descriptions of nine outstanding historic carpets. In a final chapter on Purchase and maintenance, the author gives advice to collectors who may want to make practical use of these works of art. The fascinantion which the Western world feels for Oriental carpets is surely a combination of admiration for the designs and craftsmanship, and a longing for the exotic life they evoke. Anyone who has ever been lured by the intricacy of the patterns, the skill of the weavers, the touch of the luxurious pile, will find plenty of interest in these pages.