Carpets From Islamic Lands

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The third volume in Thames & Hudson's celebrated series cataloguing the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, Carpets from Islamic Lands features more than forty of the finest classical carpets created in Egypt, Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus and India between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, along with several important pre-Islamic carpet fragments. Carpet and textile expert Friedrich Spuhler describes this spectacular collection in the context of the history of Islamic art, recounting the fascinating stories behind individual carpets and celebrating their intricate designs and unparalleled craftsmanship

subjects: Islamic textile fabrics,  Catalogs,  Art collections,  Islamic rugs,  Oriental Rugs,  Art,  Islam,  Orientteppich,  Sammlung,  Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī,  Matḥaf al-Kuwayt al-Waṭanī / Catalogs,  Majmūʻat al-Ṣabāḥ (Kuwait, Kuwait)