NY: Stark Carpet, 1993. Quarto. 314 pp; 126 full-page color plates of carpets plus several color photos of interiors of houses in the Britain and the U.S. Black cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. VG/VG, jacket lightly rubbed. The book presents the 1993 Y & B Bolour Collection of primarily 19th and early 20th century carpets. Vol. 2 shows color plates of 6 Savonnerie, 38 Aubusson, 6 Axminster, 10 Arts & Crafts, 4 Bessarabian, 17 Indian, and 27 Persian carpets. Also color plates of 11 needlework and 7 tapestry -- mid & late 19th C.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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Bookseller: Carnegie Hill Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000506
Title: AMERICAN APPROACH TO ANTIQUE CARPETS Vol. 2
Author: Haldane, Jack & James Hawkins
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Stark Carpet
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: Textiles Carpets Rugs Savonnerie Aubusson Axminster Persian Carpets
Bookseller catalogs: Textiles;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
VG/VG: Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...