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A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
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Christopher Alexander
About this title: Christopher Alexander owns what many now believe to be the finest collection of early Turkish carpets in the western world, with perhaps half being the only specimens of their kind anywhere. In this richly illustrated, oversized volume--featuring four hundred illustrations, eighty in full color--Alexander takes readers on an engaging tour of his fabulous collection.
Readers will see a 13th-century Seljuk Carpet with Dragons, a 15th-century Animal Carpet, a scarlet-niched Transylvanian Prayer Rug, a turquoise Lattice Carpet from Alcaraz, a 16th-century blue Medallion Keyhole Design from ...
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A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: the Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
by
Alexander, Christopher
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1993
Description: Small folio. 351 pages. With color and 195 black and white illustrations. Fine in original brocade cloth covered flexible boards with an unchipped original acetate dust jacket printed in deep purple. Uncommon. read more
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A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: the Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets
by
Alexander, Christopher
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13: 9780195208665
ISBN: 0195208668
Description: Very Good in Very Good-dustjacket; 8 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Clear dustjacket has a few minor tears. Former owner's inked inscriptions of reviews on the front free endpaper. Illustrated by 98 Color Plates, 500 Black and White; 3.5; 351 pp.; Christopher Alexander owns what many now believe to be the finest collection of early Turkish carpets in the western world, with perhaps half being the only specimens of their kind anywhere. In this richly illustrated, oversized ... read more
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