Product Description: A rare look at one of the world's finest and most comprehensive collections of Turkmen rugs.

The fourth revised and updated edition first published in 1973. Features include new areas of study such as China, India, Tibet, and Mongolia along with updated information covering Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus and Turketstan. Full colour illusratoins provide examples of the different types of carpet.

Describes traditional techniques, designs, and materials used in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle- and Far-Eastern rugs

Explores the history, construction, and artistry of oriental rugs and identifies the characteristic designs of the Persian, Turkish, Caucasian, and Turkoman peoples

Examining oriental rugs from such nontraditional areas as China, Mongolia, Tibet, India, North Africa, and the Balkans, Eiland provides vital information on the weaving techniques, dyes, and materials used in each area