Lot 859

W. Grote-Hasenbalg, Der Orientteppich. 3 Vol. Berlin 1922. - In Add.: Same author, Meisterstücke orientalischer Knüpfkunst. 2 folders. 5 volumes in total.

Estimate
€ 300
Starting Price
€ 200
Lot: 859
Category: Carpets and tapestries
Grote-Hasenbalg, Werner: Der Orient-Teppich. Seine Geschichte und seine Kultur. 1 volume of text and 2 volumes of plates in 3 volumes. Berlin: Scarabäus 1922. 25,5 x 24 cm. With 23 plates (17 in colour), 1 fold-out and illustrations in the text volume; 120 mounted colour illustrations on plate. XVI pp., 1 blank page, 228 pp., 4 leaves. Half-leather with title on the spine.

(Overall, there are few signs of age and wear.)

No. 316 of 380 in the limited edition (total print run of the limited edition: 400). – Enay-Azadi 244: ‘A standard work on carpet studies, still unrivalled today’.
See also: Meisterstücke orientalischer Knüpfkunst. Neu bearb. nach R. v. Oettingen und erweitert v. W. Grote-Hasenbalg. 2 portfolio folders. Berlin: Scarabaeus, c. 1921. 19.5 x 13 cm. Includes 1 folding sheet and 120 loose colour plates in original portfolios. – Enay-Azadi 243.