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Legends of the West: Western & Native American Sale

Sat, Sep 23, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 600

Seven (7) Books on Oriental Rugs & Carpets

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Included in this lot are seven (7) Books on Oriental Rugs & Carpets: "Oriental Rugs", D. M. Field; "The Great Book of Oriental Carpets", E. Gans-Ruedin, an internationally known expert in this field; "All Color Book of Oriental Carpets And Rugs", Stanley Reed, a Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts and General Manager of Perez, one of London’s leading carpet dealers; "Affordable Oriental Rugs The Buyer's Guide to Rugs from China, India, Pakistan and Romania", Janice Summers Herbert; "Oriental Rugs & Carpets", Stanley Reed; "European and Oriental Rugs for pleasure and investment", Jack Franses, textile dealer who specialized in rugs and tapestries and ran the Islamic Art section at Sotheby’s; and featuring "Oriental Carpets", Volkmar Gantzhorn, an excellent and exhaustive scientific work that been submitted as a dissertation for the Faculty of Cultural Sciences of the Eberhard-Karls University at Tübingen, Germany. These hardcover books are richly illustrated with black & white and colour photographs, along with substantial descriptive texts describing rug construction features. All these hardcovers have their original colour illustrated dust jackets, all are in good overall condition, intact pages. Smallest book measures 5.5"W x 8.75"L, largest is 9.75"W x 12.75"L.

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