Illustrates and describes examples from the museum's collection of Oriental rugs designs and contains descriptions of weaving and knotting techniques.
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Toby Volkman, Charles Zerner
Notes
Gift of Toby Volkman and Charles Zerner, March 2026.
Lexicon
Search Terms
museum catalogs, oriental rugs, rugs
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jean Mailey, Maurice Sven Dimand
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Place Published
City
New York
Date Published
1973
ISBN
0870991248
LCCN
73002846
Notes
Length: 353 pages
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Techniques of Oriental Rugs -- Rug Weaving and Knotting from Antiquity to the Twelfth Century -- Seljuk Rugs of Asia Minor: Thirteenth Century -- Representations of Mongol Rugs in Chinese Paintings -- Rugs of Persia -- Rugs of India -- Rugs of Ottoman Turkey -- Rugs of Spain -- Rugs of the Caucasus -- Rugs of Western Turkestan -- Rugs of China and Chinese Turkestan -- Bibliography.
