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"'Comprehensive and authoritative... an essential guide' - Antique Collector 'Succinctly written, lavishly illustrated and reasonably priced' - Hali 'Sumptuously illustrated... anyone embarking on even the simplest purchase would do well to buy this book first' - The Financial Times"
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In recent years, demand for kilims (flatwoven textiles) in the West has reached unprecedented levels. Kilim: The Complete Guide unravels the complex questions surrounding the origins and history of these unique flatweaves and of the peoples who make them. Hundreds of illustrations, many in colour and many specially taken, show them in all their glory. A detailed account of techniques - materials, dyes and dyeing, tools, kilim structures and weaving - is followed by a systematic analysis of motifs and symbolism. Here, the complex relationship between Islam and the animistic or shamanistic traditions that preceded it is explored. The core of the book is devoted to the specific characteristics of region, tribe and kilim type. Four major sections present much original research, fully informing the reader about kilims from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; Anatolia; Persia and the Caucasus; and Afghanistan and Central Asia. Chapters on new kilims and the use of kilims as bags or trappings as well as rugs - together with a reference guide to collecting, care and further study, conclude what has become the standard work on this widely appealing subject.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is my favorite book on Flatweaves. It covers more than just kilims and is very comprehensive. If you are interested in any Flatweaves you should have this book. I use this book when I am trying to identify flatweaves and I find it a simple, user friendly, but comprehensive resource.
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I travel a lot to the sort of countries where carpets and flat-weaves are available and like few things better than a long afternoon negotiating over a rug or two, sipping tea and enjoying the to and from of the negotiations. Primarily I buy what I like rather than what I think is valuable but I wanted to get a bit more knowledgeable about flat-weaves (I'm really not into tufted rugs) and so I bought this fabulous book. Having previously bought rug books over the internet and then regretted it when they arrived and were unreadable or full of dull black and white photos, I LOVED this book on Kilims for its hundreds of beautiful pictures.
The chapters are arranged by the area of production and give plenty of information. I particularly like that there are lots of photos of the local people making their rugs and preparing the materials. I'm short on floor space now so it's great to be able to look at such gorgeous pictures.
The chapters are arranged by the area of production and give plenty of information. I particularly like that there are lots of photos of the local people making their rugs and preparing the materials. I'm short on floor space now so it's great to be able to look at such gorgeous pictures.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This handsome book is lavishly illustrated and has a very useful glossary (though a clarification of the word "Pirot" would have been useful - it presumably refers to kilims from Pirot in Serbia). However, it is not a complete guide, since apart from a short section on Bulgaria, it completely ignores the Balkans, which were for centuries part of the Ottoman Empire and developed their own rich tradition of kilim weaving, as here in Bosnia where I live. There is not a single reference to this in the book.
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