Carpets from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection) - Hardcover

Spuhler, Friedrich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500970335 ISBN 13: 9780500970331

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Synopsis

A celebration of more than forty of the finest classical carpets created in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus, and India between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries

Among the most beautiful and precious textiles in the world, carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries. Prized by European monarchs and traded as far afield as Tibet and the Americas, these woven and knotted masterpieces are both distinguished works of art and revealing utilitarian objects that offer a glimpse of life in the Islamic world. The third volume in Thames & Hudson’s series cataloguing the al-Sabah Collection, this book features some of the finest classical carpets from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, along with several intriguing pre- Islamic carpet fragments. Carpet and textile expert Friedrich Spuhler describes the spectacular al-Sabah Collection in the context of the history of Islamic art and recounts the stories behind individual carpets. The book includes pictures of many carpets never before reproduced in print, as well as a few that may have been lost forever following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. 112 color illustrations

About this title

About the Author:

Friedrich Spuhler, formerly a curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, is the author of numerous books on Islamic textiles and carpets, including Carpets from Islamic Lands.

Review:

“A handsome book, this work is important for scholars. . . . Recommended.”
- Choice

“Though the book is beautiful to look at, it is not a ‘coffee table’ decoration, but a scholarly work with textural notes and an extensive bibliography.”
- Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500970335
• ISBN 13: 9780500970331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 186