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Affordable Oriental Rugs is a complete reference guide to the increasingly popular, less expensive rugs from China, India, Pakistan and Romania. Illustrated with over in0 full-colour photographs, it contains all the data and advice you need to select the Ideal rug for your home and budget, to evaluate its quality, and to keep it in top condition.
Discussing everything from the preparation of the wool to methods of looming, basic knotting techniques and the symbolism of designs, Janice Summers Herbert compares the merits of various rugs, explaining exactly how to assess their value.
Her informative text is accompanied by detailed maps of each rug-weaving region and a fascinating histOry of the art taken up to the present day. The glossary of rug terminology - from Aubusson to weft - will help you understand and speak the language of the Onental-rug expert.
With the help of this book, you will learn to tell at a glance whether a rug is made by hand or by machine, how ind it is, and whether natural or chemICal dyes were used. You will discover how to avoid the pitfalls of shopping overseas for "the bargain of a lifetime" and what to watch out for m the heat of an auction.
Whether you are an armchair shopper, a prospective collector, an interior decorator, a rug dealer, or are simply interested in Oriental art, you will find this an enjoyable, invaluable reference book and an investment that could literalIy save you a small fortune.
Janice Summers Herbert is an international expert on Oriental rugs who I has spent years studying and collecting this exquisite art form, and teaches a course on Oriental rugs at Memphis State University in Memphis, Tennessee. She has travelled to China, India, Pakistan and Romania to obtain the latest information on rug weaving for this book.