The Bulfinch Guide to Carpets: How to Identify, Classify, and Evaluate Antique Oriental Carpets and Rugs

by Enza Milanesi

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821220578
• ISBN13: 9780821220573
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Reference

This is probably the most frequently used carpet book I have. I'm not a dealer or serious collector - just wanted to buy nice rugs for the house but I wanted to know what I was buying. I first found this at the library and ended up buying it (along with 2 others that are bigger and different). I go to this book first every time I have a question. This book has great maps of the areas, history of the people in each of the areas, great drawings and explainations of the different symbols and motifs, discussions on the knots/weaves and what to look for in terms of quality, typical indications of what to look for in each type of carpet, and more. We recently returned from a trip to Turkey/Istanbul where we went to the Grand Bazaar and bought carpets for the house - it was lots of fun (great people)- and I feel that this book really helped me not only appreciate the rug making and understand some of the history but also make more informed decisions when shopping. Highly recommeded!

A good book for beginners

This book looks like a beginner level general rug book but it is actually very useful. Of all of my beginner books this is one I still go back to...