Description:Parallel text in English and FrenchPublished on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Textile Museum in 1981Moroccan pile and flatwoven rugs display a great variety of patterns and structures and dazzle the eye with their vivid colors. This publication is the first comprehensive work on the subject of Moroccan rugs in over half a century. Although great interest has long been shown in oriental carpets from the Middle East and China, relatively little study has been made until recently of the equally vigorous weaving traditions of Morocco. Five essays provide the reader with background on the history and culture of the country, placing the weavings in context, and represent the results of recent scholarly study. In the catalogue section, more than 90 examples of every known type of pile and flatwoven rug are illustrated and described. Rugs woven by the Berber tribes of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas Mountains and those made by rural Arab groups are shown, as well as examples of the urban carpets from Rabat and MediounaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Far West: Carpets and Textiles of Morocco = De l'Extrême-Occident: tapis et textiles de Maroc = المغرب الاقصى. To get started finding From the Far West: Carpets and Textiles of Morocco = De l'Extrême-Occident: tapis et textiles de Maroc = المغرب الاقصى, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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1981
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From the Far West: Carpets and Textiles of Morocco = De l'Extrême-Occident: tapis et textiles de Maroc = المغرب الاقصى
Description: Parallel text in English and FrenchPublished on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Textile Museum in 1981Moroccan pile and flatwoven rugs display a great variety of patterns and structures and dazzle the eye with their vivid colors. This publication is the first comprehensive work on the subject of Moroccan rugs in over half a century. Although great interest has long been shown in oriental carpets from the Middle East and China, relatively little study has been made until recently of the equally vigorous weaving traditions of Morocco. Five essays provide the reader with background on the history and culture of the country, placing the weavings in context, and represent the results of recent scholarly study. In the catalogue section, more than 90 examples of every known type of pile and flatwoven rug are illustrated and described. Rugs woven by the Berber tribes of the Middle Atlas and High Atlas Mountains and those made by rural Arab groups are shown, as well as examples of the urban carpets from Rabat and MediounaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From the Far West: Carpets and Textiles of Morocco = De l'Extrême-Occident: tapis et textiles de Maroc = المغرب الاقصى. To get started finding From the Far West: Carpets and Textiles of Morocco = De l'Extrême-Occident: tapis et textiles de Maroc = المغرب الاقصى, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.