Author: Albert Achdjian
Title: Un Art Fundamental le Tapis: A Fundamental Art the Rug
Description: Paris, Editions Self, 1949. First edition. Magazine. A first edition study of oriental rugs, illustrated throughout and with numerous topped in colour plates. The first edition of this work, with all text present in both English and French.The work of Albert Achdjian, who worked in Paris as a restorer and dealer of Antique Oriental Art, specialising in textiles, and in 1949 published this work. Quickly selling 10,000 copies, it was a great success in his day.With numerous full plate and vignette illustrations, alongside twenty-three brightly coloured tipped in reproductions of rugs.With dust wrapper laminated to original stiffened paper wraps. In the publisher's original stiffened paper wraps, with dust wrapper laminated to boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Mark to tail of back strip, with discolouration to back strip. Light marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, and tidemarks to the tail of pages 275-286. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Fair.
Keywords: rug textiles weaving carpet textiles Not Stated
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Title: Un Art Fundamental le Tapis: A Fundamental Art the Rug
Description: Paris, Editions Self, 1949. First edition. Magazine. A first edition study of oriental rugs, illustrated throughout and with numerous topped in colour plates. The first edition of this work, with all text present in both English and French.The work of Albert Achdjian, who worked in Paris as a restorer and dealer of Antique Oriental Art, specialising in textiles, and in 1949 published this work. Quickly selling 10,000 copies, it was a great success in his day.With numerous full plate and vignette illustrations, alongside twenty-three brightly coloured tipped in reproductions of rugs.With dust wrapper laminated to original stiffened paper wraps. In the publisher's original stiffened paper wraps, with dust wrapper laminated to boards. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Mark to tail of back strip, with discolouration to back strip. Light marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, and tidemarks to the tail of pages 275-286. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Fair.
Keywords: rug textiles weaving carpet textiles Not Stated
Price: GBP 50.00 = appr. US$ 71.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 798F42
- Book number: 798F42
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