Le Tapis d'Orient. Provenance Fabrication Particularites Entretien Ouvrage Documentaire pour Specialistes et Amateurs. by Deonna, W., Maisons Suisses d'Importantion de Tapis d'Orient Authentiques - 1947

1947. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Hardcover. Used, fair condition. No internal comments, hinges and pages intact, but scattered foxing on end papers. Dust jacket in fair condition, stained, and with tears repaired with tape. Deonna, W., Maisons Suisses d'Importantion de Tapis d'Orient Authentiques. LE TAPIS D'ORIENT. PROVENANCE FABRICATION PARTICULARITÉS ENTRETIEN OUVRAGE DOCUMENTAIRE POUR SPÉCIALISTES ET AMATEURS. (The Oriental Carpet. Its Origin, Characteristics, Assessment and Care. A Book for Professionals and Amateurs.) 1947, 138 p., 85 illustrations, 15 in color, 25 x 17. cm. An introduction book produced by 6 Swiss importers: Forster, Hettinger, Hassler, Seelhaar, Schuster and Vidal, with an introduction by Deonna, director of the Museum of Art and History in Geneva. The book is a guide to Oriental rugs ,which includes a brief description of rugs made in various towns and areas in Turkey, Greece, the Caucasus, Armenia, Central Asia, Persia, China, India and North Africa as well as the usual sections on weaving, looms, wool, choosing rugs, and caring for them. It also include three pages on insect pest, with pictures. In French. There is also a German version. Hardcover. Used, fair condition. No internal comments, hinges and pages intact, but scattered foxing on end papers. Dust jacket in fair condition, stained, and with tears repaired with tape.