These are items relating to textiles including rugs and carpets, textile dyeing, manufacturing, agriculture related to textiles such as cotton, wool and silk. Items on machines and manufacturers are included here.
Glasgo: Gllasgo Lace Thread Co., 1895. Second Edition. Original wraps. 12mo, paper bound in original wraps, light to moderate wear and soiling, pp.66 with numerous illustrations and text descriptions. no ddate stated, estimate 1895. More about Book of Crocheting and Knitting with fifty - nine illustrations of lace made from the Glasgo...
Istanbul: Apa Ofset Basimevi, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto, bound in blue cloth covered boards. Book in very near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good and has a plastic protector. pp. 68 with many illustrations - nearly all in color. Text is in Turkish, but there is an English... More about Turkish Embroidery (Turk Isleme Sarati
Munchen: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1986. Hardcover. Quarto, numerous color photographic illustrations, text in German and English, publisher’s brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine (fine). Pictorial dust jacket (very slight rubbing, near fine). ISBN: 3781402622 Due to size, overseas shipping will be more expensive. More about Teppiche in der Belutsch-Tradition. Carpets in the Baluch Tradition
Fishguard: Crosby Press, 1975. First Edition thus. Hardcover. tall quarto, small folio, bound in original dark cloth covered boards in near fine condition , contents are fine with pp. 47 of text followed by 55 color plates with descriptions. Dust jacket is good with little wear and scuffing but one... More about Turkoman Carpets and the Ethnographic Significance of Their Ornaments translated by Robert Pinner
Atglen: Schiffer, 2002. Revised Second Edition. Hardcover. oblong quarto, bound in original pictorial paper covered boards in near fine condition, original price sticker on back cover, contents are fine. Text in English. pp. 196. There are lots and lots of fine color illustrations, well worth the cost just for these... More about The Illustrated Buyer's Guide to Oriental Carpets
Ludwigshafen: Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik. Stiff wraps. octavo booklet with foldout panels of leather patches dyed various colors. 9 pages with 28 samples per page. All samples are present. Light wear overall. Inside of front cover has instructions for use of the dyes. It is an advertising and instructional... More about Aniline Dye stuffs on Leather
Providence: Museumof Art RISD, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto, bound in original burgundy cloth covered boards in near fine condition but with a little discoloration, contents are near fine, but there is a faint damp stain on the fore edge near the top that doe not go into the page... More about Through The Collector's Eye Oriental Rugs from New England Collections
London: Blandford Press, 1934. sixth thousand. Hardcover. octavo, bound in greenish blue color cloth covered boards with light to moderate soiling and wear, contents very good or better with small chip missing from top of 3 pages not affecting text.. pp. 180. More about Silk Screen Practice and the Roller Process
London: J. Harding, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, quarter bound in cream color paper with blue paper covered boards. there is an olde paper spine label. Binding is old but may not may not be original. There collation notes on front pastedown in pencil from earlier owner. pp. vii, 2... More about Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate on Wool
Wesel: Uta Hulsey, 1988. Hardcover. Folio, numerous color and black and white photographic reproductions, publisher’s gray cloth stamped in gilt very slightly cocked, slight fading of covers overall near fine. Pictorial dust jacket with light to moderate toning, rubbing and soiling, very good. Photocopied review of book laid-in. ISBN: 3923185049... More about Carpets of the Vakiflar Museum Istanbul
Hanover: University Press of New England, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto, fine copy in fine dust jacket, dust jacket in plastic protector, pp. 336 with many illustrations in color. No names written inside, no book plates. Note: dues to size and weight, shipping outside the USA or priority mail could... More about Massachusetts Quilts Our Common Wealth
Budapest: Keszthely, 1994. Hardcover. Small quarto, color photographic illustrations, text in English, pubiisher's'black cloth lettered in gilt at spine (pencil notations within, near fine). Pictorial dust jacket (minor wear, near fine in mylar protector). An interesting publisher's error is at the back of the book where a few botanical plates... More about Ottoman Turkish Carpets
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, bound in original cloth covered boards with light wear. Cloth faded from purple to near brown. Contents near fine but with age toned paper and a bit of foxxing on end papers. There in an inscription on the title page... More about Introduction and Early Progress of the Cotton Manufacture in the United States (signed
Mannheim: Franz Bausback, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto, bound in original pictoral paper covered boards in good condition except that corners are slightly worn, contents are fine with pp. 112 of text in German including wonderful color plates and description of ca. 48 examples. no Dust jacket . No names... More about Anatolische Knupfteppiche Aus Vier Jahrhunderten
New York: Bucilla Manufacturing Co., 1923. Original wraps. octavo, bound in original blue paper wraps, pebcil marks on cover and ink earlier owner name on front cover, contents very good with many photographic illustrations of styles of the day. More about Bear Brand Bucilla and Glossilla vol 43
np: Bear Brand Yarns, 1900. Fourth Edition. Original wraps. octavo paper bound booklet of pp. 120, staple binding, paper covers age toned and becoming a bit brittle, but contents near fine. Full of text and illustrations of projects and techniques. Date not stated but probably before 1900. More about Manual of Handiwork Bear Brand Yarns fourth edition
Philadelphia: Belding Bro's & Co., 1890. Original wraps. octavo, stiff card wraps, moderate wear and soiling and age toning, nice advertising piece for this silk manufacturer. More about Slate Drawings for the Young Folks; Compliments of Belding Bro's & Co. Silk Manufacturers
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895. Revised Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in original green cloth covered boards with light wear, but with mouse bites on the bottom right fore edge of both covers. Cover generally very good otherwise. Contents near fine but with age toned paper. Lots of illustrations about... More about Jacquard Weaving and Designing
New York: Bellas Hess, 1921. Original wraps. quarto, bound in original color paper wraps in fair condition, light to moderate soiling and wear with some small chips missing from covers along with some small tears, contents good to very good with lots of color and b&w illustrations of all of..... More about Bellas Hess & C. New York Styles Fall and Winter 1821- 1922 catalogue 98
New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1815. Second Edition. Full leather. 12mo, bound in full brown leather which may be the original binding, leather scuffed and darkened, but front cover detached and back strip partly gone, contents age dakened, light foxing scattered throughout. pp.307 with approximately the last 30 pages being part... More about The Dyer's Companion in two Parts part first containing A General Plan of Dying Wool and Woollen,...
London: Raymond Benardout, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto, bound in original black cloth covered boards in very good to near fine condition , contents are fine with pp. 100 with 72 items illustrated in mostly color plates - more than one per page. A few b&w illustrations. Pages 14 and... More about Antique Rugs
London: Raymond Benardout, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo, bound in original faux leather cloth covered boards in very good condition , contents are unpaginated and fine with 68 items illustrated in mostly color plates - more than one per page. A few in b&w. There is an errata slip inside... More about Nomadic Persian and Turkoman Weaving
Wellfleet: Wellfleet Press, 1988. Second Printing. Hardcover. small folio, bound in original navy blue faux leather covered boards in near fine condition, contents are fine with lots of items with text and illustration in color and b&w. there is no paper Dust jacket , but this edition comes in a.... More about Complete Illustrated Rugs & Carpets of the World
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. quarto, bound in original cream color cloth covered boards in near fine condition but with a little discoloration, contents are fine. Text in English. pp. 166. There are lots of illustrations, in color and b&w with lots of information. Dust jacket... More about Walk in Beauty The Navajo and Their Blankets
New York: American Art Galleries, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. small folio, quarterbound in gray cloth with gray paper covered boards with moderately heavy wear and soiling. An earlier owner has written the subject of the book in ink on the backstripContents are 73 items for auction most with B&W images... More about XV - XVIII Century Rugs The V and L Benguiat Private Collection of Rare Old Rugs ( auction catalog