4to. 238 pp., 286 b/w illustrations in text, 20 colour plates hors text, cloth in clipped d/w, edited by Hanna Erdmann and translated by May H. Beattie & Hildegard Herzog, Faber & Faber Limited, copy in mint condition, London, first English edition, 1970.

Synopsis

The basis of the present volume is a series of fifty-one articles which Kurt Erdmann, contributed to Heimtex from 1960 until his death in September 1964. It is considered as a survey of the entire field of study of Oriental carpets. Erdmann discusses many important groups of carpets and gives a comprehensive account of the Berlin collections and their war losses.
Bibliographic reference: Creswell Supplement 332.