One Woman, One Weft: Rugs from the Villages of Hamadan

Hardcover. New book, from the published, but one corner bumped in shipping. 152 p., 165 illus., 155 in color, 30.5 x 24.5 cm. 2/3 of the book consists of illustrations of 75 Hamadan rugs, front and a small detail of the back; the rugs are attributed to specific areas. The introductory text describes the sociology of rug production in this area, based partly on letters from Hamadan by Clara Case Edwards (A.Cecil Edwards' wife), and then goes over rug types from the various villages in the Hamadan area; the text is interesting. The author argues , successfully, that among the huge production in this area are many good rugs, and also that they are undervalued. Technical descriptions.