Antique Kilims of Anatolia
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780393730470
First sentence: In the ancient rhythm of Anatolian pastoral life one of the major beats is spring sheep-shearing time, when the shearers, usually the men of the household, clip and turn back the matted wool and then, seeming to roll the sheep out of its coat, produce the fleece, a pelt-like mass of intermeshed raw wool.