Lot 867

A. F. Kendrick, Hand-woven carpets, oriental & european. 2 Bde. London 1922.

Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot: 867
Category: Carpets and tapestries
Kendrick, A(lbert) F(rank) und C(reassy) E(dward) C(ecil) Tattersall: Hand-woven carpets, oriental & european. Text and plate volume in 2 volumes. London: Benn 1922. 28 x 22,3 cm. Containing 205 plates (19 of which are in colour) and 2 maps on a single sheet. XI, 198; XI pp., 1 fol. Original linen.

(Worn, with dust stains; spine tanned; the covers slightly stained. Inside, minor signs of age; slightly tanned.)

No. 797 of 1,000 copies - Enay/Azadi 316. - “A standard English reference work, based predominantly on material by Neugebauer & Orendi” (Enay/Azadi). - First edition of the reference work on the history, technique and typology of hand-knotted carpets, written by the art historian Albert F. Kendrick, a long-serving curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, in collaboration with C. E. C. Tattersall, one of the most eminent English carpet dealers and connoisseurs of the early 20th century.