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by: JOYCE C. WARE
Topics include: wool foundation, pile knots, finely knotted, ivory field, tribal weavers, warp cords, cotton foundation, knotted pile, flat woven, border motifs, flat weaves, tribal rugs, pile rugs, rug weaving, main border, cloud bands, rug making, plain weave, minor borders, antique rugs, geometric motifs, synthetic dyes, warp threads
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Description: Joyce Ware educates us to the basic fact that "The majority of oriental rugs offered for sale at retail stores and at auctions are neither antique nor collectible," which means: buyer beware! You must purchase from a reputable dealer, and you must know a little beforehand. Use this book to gain a brief overview of the field, and to learn a few tips and warnings about reproductions and condition problems, along with some technical explanation of the process of creating oriental carpets, to include dyes, weaves and overall formats. Incuded is a short guide to the artistic motifs used in various regions. The author warns us that weavers frequently copy designs from other countries, making identification by motif unreliable at best. There are illustrated drawings, an overview of rug types, a short discussion of current values, all accompained with photos (in black and white, unfortunately). Subsequent sections explain care and repair in a good amount of detail, with a lengthy list of resources for buying and for further research. This is possibly the most valuable section in the book. Definitely a good starting point for beginners.
First Sentence: Given the perishability of rug-making materials, a finely knotted carpet with realistic pictorial motifs found in 1949 in eastern Siberia and originally dated between the fifth and third centuries B.C. is considered prima facie proof that the art of knotted-pile textiles must have been well developed by that early date.
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