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.
(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.