Author: LAMM, CARL JOHAN:
Title: The Marby Rug and Some fragments of Carpets Found in Egypt. Särtryck (extract) ur Orientsällskapets årsbok 1937. Stockholm 1937.
Description: . Tall 8vo. Pp. 51-130, (1) errata inserted. Richly illustrated. Text in English. Original wrappers bound in contemporary cloth, title lettered on spine. Bookplate C.J.Lamm (the author). Scarce essay (reprinted in 1985). Comprises the following chapters: Abbasid rugs; carpets of the "Konya" type, chiefly Seljuq; Anatolian Carpets of the 14th and early 15th centuries; Anatolian or Caucasian carpets of "nomad" type, of the first half and middle of the 15th century; Mamluk (+) carpets of the 15th century; Anatolian "Holbein" carpets of the 15th century. In 1925, the so-called Marby rug was found in the abandoned church of Marby in the province of Jämtland. The oldest preserved oriental carpet in Sweden and now housed in the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.

Keywords: Near East, egypt, egyptian, textiles, art, fabrics, tapestry, oriental carpets, rugs,


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