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Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide - The Classic Reference (Oriental Carpets) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Murray L. Eiland, Murray Eiland Iii
Publisher: Bulfinch
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 138834
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.5
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0821225480
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.75
EAN: 9780821225486
ASIN: 0821225480
Publication Date: November 15, 1998
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 A good start July 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is a good introduction to rug basics, with rich illustration and good coverage of the main carpet-producing regions in Asia and the Middle-East. However, the book leaves much to be desired as a genuine tool to help one actually collect rugs. It gives out basic information in a general lecture-like fashion (which is not necessarily a bad thing), but does not really make an effort at reaching out to the reader in terms of the actual experience of buying/handling/trading carpets (which is definitely a bad thing). One glaring weakness is the paucity of information on Central Asian rugs outside of Turkmenistan (arguably because the book was written at a time when Central Asia was not as easily accessible as it is now). There is also, it must be said, a somewhat superior tone to the writing that is not necessary and does take away from the pleasure of reading on the subject. Still, all things considered, this is a valuable book to own.
 Great way to get introduced to the world of rugs January 11, 2008
0 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is an excellent way to learn about rugs from top to bottom -- it eases you slowly into a comprehensive knowledge of rugs. I feel that this will help me greatly in my work - I just started doing customer service for a rug company. Great buy to anyone who wants to be educated thoroughly on the business of rugs.
Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide - The Classic Reference March 29, 2007
1 out of 28 found this review helpful
Bought for myself as a tool to help teach myself about Persian rugs, this book is so wonderful I gave it as a housewarming present to a friend of mine, freshly divorced who is decorating his new house. Perfect! The authors, the Murray Eilands Jr. and III, a father and son team, are experts in their field. The father, a practicing psychiatrist in California, has been studying and collecting Oriental rugs for almost 40 years, and his son has a doctorate from Oxford in Near Eastern archeology (including textile development), so you would be learning from very special, knowledgeable accomplished folks who love their textiles and rugs. I recommend this book highly.
My best reference book on rugs March 25, 2007
0 out of 26 found this review helpful
Easy to use and I think a must for anyone seriously wishing to acquire a sound knowlege of oriental rugs whatever his or her aims. Delighted with the clear and elegant text. Good image collection too.
 Disappointing January 22, 2007
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book, but the coverage is overwhelmingly for geometric oriental rugs, with a large section added for Chinese. I was looking for the more ornate styles (Heriz, Tabriz, Sultanabad, and so on) that are so very beautiful. These are grossly underrepresented in this book, if at all (e.g., most are not). I am sorry I purchased the book.
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