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Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (29 x 21 cm). In English and Turkish. 347 p., color plts. One thousand years of Turkish carpets.= Türk hali sanatinin bin yili. Contents; Preface., Early Turkish carpets., Scholarly study begins., Carpet fragments found in East Turkestan., 9th century carpets from the Abbasid period., Selçuk carpets., The carpets of Beysehir., Selçuk period carpets found at Fostat., Animal-figured carpets., Schematic drawings of 15th c. animal figures., New discoveries in animal-figured carpets., Carpets of the Ottoman period., Small-pattern type I - Holbein carpets., type II Holbein of 'Lotto' carpets., Large-pattern type III - Holbein carpets., Type IV - Holbein carpets., Carpets depicted in paintings by Crivelli and Memling., 16th and 17th century classical Turkish carpets (Usak carpets)., Medallion Usak carpets., Star Usak carpets., Variations of Medallion and Star Usak carpets., Usak carpets with a white field., Bergama carpets.; Palace carpets.; Prayer rugs.; Usak prayer rugs., palace prayer rugs, Gördes prayer rugs, Kula prayer rugs, Konya region carpets and prayer rugs, Ladik prayer rugs, Kirsehir prayer rugs, Mucur prayer rugs, Milas prayer rugs, Bergama prayer rugs.; Carpets and prayed rugs of Hereke., Feshane carpets., Summary.; Knots used in carpet weaving., Notes., List of plates., List of pictures., List of drawings., Bibliographies.