Author: BALPINAR, BELKIS AND UDO HIRSCH
Title: Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum, Istanbul/ Flachgewebe Des Vakiflar-Museums, Istanbul: English/German Language
Description: Wesel, Germany: Verlag Uta Hulsey, 1982. Hardcover. ISBN: 3923185022. NEW NEW. Hard cover is dark brown with gold logo on front, gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; new, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Extensively illustrated with 120 color plates, on recto page. Verso page has the description in English and German. This museum opened in Germany under the direction of Carpet Museum of the Republic of Turkey General Directorate of Foundations. Printed in Germany. Lithos/Color separations by RCS W. Terfruchte, Vreden. Contents are: Foreword; Vakiflar and the Donation Process of Flatweaves; Background of Traditional Flatweaves; Historical Context of Anatolian Weavers; Technical Variations in Anatolian Flatweaves; Sources consulted; plates. Absolutely GORGEOUS book on a very specialized type of textile art/history, and museum collection on these important pieces. Oversized, 4#. ; Color Plates; 9 x 12 1/4; 295 pages. New in New dust jacket .

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