Loan Exhibition Of Oriental Rugs From The Collection Of James F. Ballard Of St. Louis, Mo
Loan Exhibition Of Oriental Rugs From The Collection Of James F. Ballard Of St. Louis, Mo

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019394533

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This catalog documents a loan exhibition of James F. Ballard's collection of Oriental rugs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The rugs on display represent a variety of styles and regions, including Persian, Turkish, and Caucasian. Beautifully illustrated and expertly curated, this book is an essential resource for collectors and enthusiasts of Oriental rugs. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Early Oriental Rugs
Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Early Oriental Rugs

Author: Metropolitan Museum Of Art

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 9781230341248

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...twelve early examples with descriptive notices by V. J. R. and a preface by Sir George Bird-wood. London, 1882. Do. Second Series. London, 1893. Ripley, Mary Churchill: The Oriental Rug Book. New York, 1904. Stebbing, Ed.: The Holy Carpet of the Mosque at Ardebil. London, 1893. Vienna Imperial Royal Austrian CommerCial Museum: Oriental Carpets. Edited by Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke. Vienna, 1892-96. 3 vols. Ancient Oriental Carpets... being a supplement to... u Oriental Carpets," published i8c2-c6. Preface by the editor, A. von Scala; Introduction by W. Bode; Text by Fried-rich Sarre. Leipzig, 1906. Yerkes, Charles Tyson: Catalogue de luxe of the ancient rugs... belonging to... (his) estate... sold April, icio. New York, 1910. PART I TURKEY ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, SYRIA RUGS I RUG WITH CHINESE DRAGON AND PH NIX CENTRAL ASIA MINOR, XIV CENTURY Field: Incomplete; showing two squares, each containing an octagonal field in yellow on which is represented in an archaic conventionalization the fight of the dragon and the phoenix, one of the oldest of Chinese motives. The animals are in blue and red. Filling the corners of the squares are hooked bars. Border: Red and black; the narrow strips defining the border show a simple geometrical design. Wool. Size: about 4 feet by 2 feet 8 inches. From a church in Central Italy; bought in Rome. Probably part of a rug with several similar fields. A rug of this kind is represented in a fresco painted by Domenico di Bartolo, about 1440-43 in the hospital at Siena. Two rugs with somewhat similar designs are represented in a cassone painting of a tournament in the Piazza S. Croce in the Jarves Collection at New Haven. This Florentine painting of the first half of the fifteenth century has been...

Catalogue Of A Loan Exhibition Of Early Oriental Rugs
Catalogue Of A Loan Exhibition Of Early Oriental Rugs

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781377141237

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.