A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets

by Christopher W. Alexander

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195208668
• ISBN13: 9780195208665
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 12.1" x 8.5"