Babayan l (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Hard, fine condition, with a fine dust jacket. Babayan, L. THE ROMANCE OF THE ORIENTAL RUG. 1925, Babayan's Ltd, 80 p., 19 illus., 4 in color, 26.5 x 18 cm. A Canadian dealer's somewhat romantic guide to Oriental rugs: there is thus an appendix with 4 inscriptions from rugs, in Farsi, a transliteration, and English; one of the rugs with an inscription undoubtedly came from the "palace of some romantic nobleman". The chapter headings are "The merit of the oriental rug in the home", "Stories the patterns tell", "Weaving", "Types and characteristics" (which is mostly on Persian rugs), "Turkish and Asia Minor", "Chinese Thibet and India", "Cleaning and the proper care of Oriental rugs", "A word to rug buyers" (buy from a reputable dealer but the chapter also includes a description of the process of gathering Oriental rugs in the Orient and shipping them to Canada), "Furnishing plan important", and "The hall". The emphasis is on Persian, with less on Turkish, Caucasian, Turkmen, and brief mentions of Chinese & Tibetan. Book.…

Etat : Bueno. Ginebra 1978. Organización Mundial de la Salud. Serie de Informes Técnicos nº 618. 52 pp. 20x14. Rústica. Grapado.