Carpet and Textile Patterns [Hardcover]

Nicholas Purdon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

This volume brings together the range of patterns and motifs used in antique textiles in the East and West. It examines the treatment of similar patterns - floral, pictorial, tree and leaf patterns, crosses and so on - by weavers of different origins. Each chapter takes a theme out of which a number of patterns have sprung, and begins with an exploratory text on the interpretations of the theme by various weavers. The captions describe the weavers' techniques and their use of pattern and colour.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Laurence King (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856690814
• ISBN-13: 978-1856690812
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,213,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting eye-candy, September 24, 2008

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Karen Tiede (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carpet and Textile Patterns (Hardcover)

This is an overview book, with a long paragraph about each "design element," which is then followed by several pages of how that element has been interpreted in (mostly) woven textiles across a number of cultures, (mostly) in rugs.

I fell for the Alexander Calder Star, the Imperial Dragon Robe, and the Regency Savonnerie carpet medallion. Don't know that any of these elements will actually appear in my own work, but that's the gamble with eye candy books. This volume covers a lot of geographic and cultural ground for a small amount of money.

It's not life-changing. It's not a definitive reference on any one culture or element. Worth the shelf-space in the "inspiration and ideas" shelves.