Author: Ashouri, Mohammad Taghi ; editor: [ Iranian Carpet Scientific Society ]
Title: Goljaam : Iranian Journal of Hand Woven Carpet : Nr. s 1-8 [2006-2007]
Description: Tehran, 2006-2007. orig.wrappers. 25x20cm, SIX VOLUMES. Weighs 1.7 kilos.. Textual illustrations.. Some minor wear. VG. ¶ This is a collection of the first six issues of the periodical of the Iranian Carpet Scientific Society. Text in Persian, with abstracts in English. Includes nr. 1 [Winter 2006], 2 [Spring 2006], 3 [Summer 2006], 4/5 [double-issue: Autumn/Winter 2006]; 6/7 [ double-issue: Spring/Summer 20 07]; 8 [Autumn 2007]. Issues run between 95 to 186 pages each. Articles concern hand-weaving technology, ethnology, art history. Includes: Effects of Ammonia on Dye-ability and Color Changes of Wool Dyed with Iranan Natural Dyes; Naturalism & the Iranian Carpet Aesthetics; Symbolic Concepts in Sunqur Carpet Motifs; Symbol & Sign in Pattern Design for Maybod Historic Zikloos of Mehrab Design (Saf); Aesthetics of Iranian Rural Carpets; Purifying the Leftovers from the Process of Dyeing the Yarn by Applying Nano-membranes; Defects in Kashan Pile Rugs; A Glance to the Visual Signs of East Mazandam's Kilims; The Carpet Pattern of Tree as Figural as Celestial; Effect on Urea on Dyeing of Wool with Madder; Tree in Bakhtiari Carpet; Pathology of Revival of Tribal & Rural Designs and Forms; Turkmen Namazliq (Turkmen Prayer Rugs) ; An Introduction to the Sociology of Tribal Carpet: Production Methods in Qashqai Carpet; etc.

Keywords: Iran, Iranian Carpets, Hand Weaving, Woven Carpets, Ethnology, Technology, , ,