Kilim
Subtitle: the complete guide : history, pattern, technique, identification
By: Alastair Hull and José Luczyc-Wyhowska ; introduction by Nicholas Barnard ; line drawings by Miranda MacSwiney
Contributors: Luczyc-Wyhowska, José
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Kilims; Rugs, Oriental
Notes: Originally published: 1993

"With 649 illustrations, 394 in colour and 18 maps"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-343) and index
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Introduction; title: ch. 2. Making kilims: Materials; title: Dyes; title: Wool preparation and dyeing; title: Weaving; title: Finishes; title: ch. 3. Motifs and symbolism: Structure and geometry; title: Belief and superstition; title: Tradition and folklore; title: ch. 4. North Africa: Morocco; title: Algeria; title: Tunisia; title: ch. 5. Anatolia: The TUrkish Kurds; title: The Iraqi Kurds; title: The Caucasian Turks; title: The Black Sea coast and Northern Anatolia; title: Thrace; title: Aegean Anatolia; title: Western Anatolia; title: Mediterranean Anatolia; title: Konya and Konya region; title: The Taurus Yörüks; title: Aleppo; title: ch. 6. Persia and the Caucasus; title: Persia: The Kurds; title: THe Shahsavan; title: The Lurs; title: The Bakhtiari; title: The Qashqai; title: The Khamsa; title: The Afshar; title: Regional weaving; title: The Caucasus; title: ch. 7. Afghanistan and Central Asia: The Turkomen; title: Labijar; title: The Uzbeks; title: Sar-i-Pul; title: The Kazakhs; title: Maimana; title: The Aimaq; title: The Mushwani; title: The Balouch; title: The Mukkur Kurchi; title: ch. 8. A kilim miscellany: Soufreh; title: Rukorssi; title: Bags; title: Tent bands and textiles; title: Animal trappings; title: Other textiles; title: ch. 9. New kilims: Turkey; title: Iran; title: Afghanistan; title: ch. 10. Collecting kilims; title: ch. 11 Caring for kilims; title: Glossary; title: Bibliography; title: Dealers, sources and services; title: Auction houses; title: Sources of Illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Index