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Carpets Of Afghanistan
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Author : Richard D. Parsons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-07
Carpets Of Afghanistan written by Richard D. Parsons and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Carpets of Afghanistan is without a doubt one of the most detailed analysis of Afghanistan rug production ever published. Author Richard Parsons, for many years a buyer in Afghanistan for the well-known firm O.C.M (London) Ltd, treats the reader not only to a veritable feast of carpets and rugs, all with their attendant tribal origins and motifs vividly explained, but also to a fascinating journey through the history of a diverse and colorful country. The author shares his respect and admiration for Afghanistan's stoic people, who, somehow, despite political upheavals, forced resettlement, a harsh climate and often primitive nomadic conditions, manage to fashion exquisite works of art which reflect their pride in their many-faceted heritage. Afghan rugs, which are instantly appealing due to their traditional colors and bold designs, open up a whole vista for the collector, from sumptuous piled purdahs to flat woven prayer rugs, all of them well illustrated in the 154 color and 90 black and white plates.
Oriental Rugs The Carpets Of Afghanistan
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Author : Richard D. Parsons
language : en
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist
Release Date : 1981
Oriental Rugs The Carpets Of Afghanistan written by Richard D. Parsons and has been published by Antique Collectors Club Dist this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
This is a revised edition of the most detailed analysis of Afghanistan rug production ever published.
Oriental Rugs The Carpets Of Afghanistan
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language : en
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Release Date : 1981
Oriental Rugs The Carpets Of Afghanistan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Rugs categories.
War Rugs
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Author : Enrico Mascelloni
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
War Rugs written by Enrico Mascelloni and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
A presentation of twentieth century Afghan rugs through the illustration of more than 100 articles. The purpose of this volume is to provide a versatile and comprehensive presentation of Afghan rugs of the 20th century through the illustration and commenting of more than 100 original articles, now at the centre of a busy international trade. In addition to a very lively text, the book contains the complete profile of each carpet, examined both from the point of view of how it was made and as regards its iconographic content. The subjects are often of dramatic topicality. The concluding glossary is indispensable and comprehensive.
The Carpet Wars
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Author : Christopher Kremmer
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2011-01-01
The Carpet Wars written by Christopher Kremmer and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Political Science categories.
THE CARPET WARS is foreign correspondent Christopher Kremmer's riveting and timely account of a decade spent living, travelling and reporting from Asia and the Middle East. During his time reporting from Asia and the Middle East he formed an obsession with carpets and the 'perfect rug' - an obsession that saw him trace the threads of the carpet-making trade through the Islamic nations of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. Along the way he made lifelong friendships, but he also discovered societies ripped apart by war, religion and fratricide, and ruled over by warlords like 'the Lion of Panjsher' Ahmed Shah Massoud - and terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. tHE CARPEt WARS tells the story of Kremmer's amazing journey and his fascinating but fraught experiences in one the most ancient, misunderstood and least-touristed parts of the world.
The Carpet Wars
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Author : Christopher Kremmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The Carpet Wars written by Christopher Kremmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
In 1990, Christopher Kremmer arrived in Afghanistan to interview the doomed communist president, Dr Najibullah as rampaging factions of mujahideen massed on the outskirts of Kabul. He found himself intrigued by the politics and culture of the land, and his book provides revealing, often first-hand portraits of warlords such as Ahmad Shah Masood, the Lion of Panjsher, of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and of Pakistan's President, General Pervez Musharraf. The real stories of the lands of the ancient silk route, however, are accessed through Kremmer's obsession with the carpets of the region.
Carpets Of Central Asia
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Author : Andrei Andreyevich Bogolyubov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Carpets Of Central Asia written by Andrei Andreyevich Bogolyubov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Carpets categories.
The World Is A Carpet
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Author : Anna Badkhen
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-05-30
The World Is A Carpet written by Anna Badkhen and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war. In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan desert, in a village so remote that Google can’t find it, a woman squats on top of a loom, making flowers bloom in the thousand threads she knots by hand. Here, where heroin is cheaper than rice, every day is a fast day. B-52s pass overhead—a sign of America’s omnipotence or its vulnerability, the villagers are unsure. They know, though, that the earth is flat—like a carpet. Anna Badkhen first traveled to this country in 2001, as a war correspondent. She has returned many times since, drawn by a land that geography has made a perpetual battleground, and by a people who sustain an exquisite tradition there. Through the four seasons in which a new carpet is woven by the women and children of Oqa, she immortalizes their way of life much as the carpet does—from the petal half-finished where a hungry infant needs care to the interruptions when the women trade sex jokes or go fill in for wedding musicians scared away by the Taliban. As Badkhen follows the carpet out into the world beyond, she leaves the reader with an indelible portrait of fates woven by centuries of art, war, and an ancient trade that ultimately binds the invaded to the invader.
A Fort Of Nine Towers
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Author : Qais Akbar Omar
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2014-04-08
A Fort Of Nine Towers written by Qais Akbar Omar and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One of the rare memoirs of Afghanistan to have been written by an Afghan, A Fort of Nine Towers reveals the richness and suffering of life in a country whose history has become deeply entwined with our own. For the young Qais Akbar Omar, Kabul was a city of gardens where he flew kites from his grandfather's roof with his cousin Wakeel while their parents, uncles, and aunts drank tea around a cloth spread in the grass. It was a time of telling stories, reciting poetry, selling carpets, and arranging marriages. Then civil war exploded. Their neighborhood found itself on the front line of a conflict that grew more savage by the day. With rockets falling around them, Omar's family fled, leaving behind everything they owned to take shelter in an old fort--only a few miles distant and yet a world away from the gunfire. As the violence escalated, Omar's father decided he must take his children out of the country to safety. On their perilous journey, they camped in caves behind the colossal Buddha statues in Bamyan, and took refuge with nomad cousins, herding their camels and sheep. While his father desperately sought smugglers to take them over the border, Omar grew up on the road, and met a deaf-mute carpet weaver who would show him his life's purpose. Later, as the Mujahedin war devolved into Taliban madness, Omar learned about quiet resistance. He survived a brutal and arbitrary imprisonment, and, at eighteen, opened a secret carpet factory to provide work for neighborhood girls, who were forbidden to go to school or even to leave their homes. As they tied knots at their looms, Omar's parents taught them literature and science. In this stunning coming-of-age memoir, Omar recounts terrifyingly narrow escapes and absurdist adventures, as well as moments of intense joy and beauty. Inflected with folktales, steeped in poetry, A Fort of Nine Towers is a life-affirming triumph. A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2013 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2013
Oriental Rugs And Carpets Today
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Author : Georges Izmidlian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Oriental Rugs And Carpets Today written by Georges Izmidlian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Rugs, Oriental categories.