Carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries on nearly every continent on earth. This book features more than forty carpets held in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments. A celebration of more than forty of the finest classical carpets created in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus, and India
Carpets from Islamic lands have been treasured for centuries on nearly every continent on earth. This book features more than forty carpets held in the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments.A celebration of more than forty of the finest classical carpets created in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus, and India
Formerly a curator at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin, Dr Friedrich Spuhler is the author of numerous books on Islamic textiles and carpets, including Carpets from Islamic Lands and Pre-Islamic Carpets and Textiles from Eastern Lands.
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Preface by Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah . Acknowledgments . Introduction: The 2,500-Year History of Oriental Carpets . PART I PRE- CLASSICAL CARPETS Chapter 1: Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic Carpets . Carpets from the Sasanian period . The early Islamic pre-classical period . PART II CLASSICAL CARPETS Chapter 2: Egypt . Mamluk carpets . Chessboard carpets . Chapter 3: Turkey . Seljuq carpets . Anatolian animal carpets . Ottoman carpets . "Holbein" and "Lotto" carpets . Star Ushak and Medallion Ushak carpets . Multiple-niche carpets (saff) and prayer carpets . Early village rugs from Anatolia . "Transylvanian" carpets . Late prayer rugs and their reception in Western collections . Chapter 4: Persia: Safavid carpets: the workshops . Safavid carpets: dating . Safavid carpets: pattern types . Compartment carpets . Medallion carpets Vine-scroll carpets . Vase carpets . Garden carpets . Safavid velvets . Chapter 5: Caucasus . Dragon and flower carpets . Chapter 6: India . Mughal carpets: pattern groups . Vine- scroll carpets . Floral garden carpets . Animal carpets
