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Tribal rugs : treasures of the black tent / Brian W. MacDonald.

by MacDonald, Brian W.

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Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Antique Collectors' Club, c1997.

Rugs, Nomadic -- Asia, Central.

Textile fabrics -- Asia, Central.

Rugs, Nomadic -- Turkey.

Textile fabrics -- Turkey.

302 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.

The ancient art of tribal weaving -- The oldest complete rug in the world : the Pazyryk rug c.500 BC -- After 'Pazyryk' -- The Türkmen -- The tribes of Anatolia -- The Kizyl Bash -- The tribes of the Caucasus -- The Shahsavan Confederacy -- The Afshar -- The Qashqa'i Confederacy -- The Kurds --The Lor -- The Bakhtiyari-Lor -- The Arab and Turkic tribes of Fars refereded to as the Khamseh Confederacy -- The Nomadic tribes of Eastern Persia and Western Afghanistan commonly referred to as 'The Baluch' -- The Taimuri -- The twentieth century : commercial incentives and degeneration of design -- The final years of the twentieth century : a return to tradition -- The lost language : symbolic meaning within the tribal weaving -- Eastern tribal rugs and bags as wall hangings -- The appeal of collecting antique Eastern rugs : points to look for and mistakes to avoid.

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