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  • Studied law at the Universities of Munich, Berlin and Cologne. His love of Carpets became his profession; Antique rug dealer in Cologne, Germany.
  • Organized the first exhibition of Caucasian Rugs, 1961, in Hamburg and 1962 in Frankfurt.
  • Responsible for the first exhibition of the Joseph V. McMullan Collection in Europe, 1968, in Frankfurt.
  • Bilderbuch fur Teppichsammler, 1961
  • Caucasian Carpets, Braunschweig, 1964.
  • Schurmann, Ulrich. Central Asian Rugs.London UK: Allen and Unwin, 1996.
  • Oriental Carpets, Wiesbaden, 1963.
  • Central Asian Carpets, Frankfurt: Verlag Osterrieth, 1969.
  • Carpets from the Orient, Wiesbaden, 1974.
  • Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs
  • 5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books
  • 5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books
  • The Joseph V. McMullan Award
  • "Atypical Carpets". Washington DC: ICOC 1980.
  • Schurmann, U. Caucasian Rugs. n.d.(1964), Allen & Unwin,
  • Schurmann, U. Oriental Carpets. 1966, Hamlyn,
  • Schurmann, U. Oriental Carpets. 1979, Octopus,
  • Schurmann, U.: Analysis of Caucasian Rugs ; 1976.
  • Schurmann, U.: Caucasian Rugs ; London: 1965.
  • Schurmann, Ulrich Islamische Teppiche (Islamic Rugs) Frankfurt 1968.
  • Schurmann, Ulrich: Kaukasische Teppiche ; Braunschweig: (1961).

Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs. Poolesville: Old 99 Associates (Harold and Melissa Keshishian). 1963.

Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs. Poolesville: Old 99 Associates (Harold and Melissa Keshishian). 1963.




This is the book that defines Caucasian Carpets and Rugs. If you are interested in Caucasian rugs you must have this book.

Guide to Seychour Rugs
... The James Cohen Zeykhur Rug. Ulrich Schurmann suggested that of all the Caucasian
rugs Zeykhur Kuba rugs are the only ones that are single wefted. ...

The James Cohen Zeykhur Rug
... Arcade - Inventory Page James Cohen. Ulrich Schurmann suggested that of all the
Caucasian rugs Zeykhur Kuba rugs are the only ones that are single wefted. ...

The Oliveira Shirvan Surahani ‘Garden' Rug
... somewhat similar rugs on: Ian Bennett, Oriental Rugs - Volume 1 Caucasian, Suffolk,
UK, 1981, plates 277-279, 283, 333, 336; Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs ...

Afshan Kuba or Shirvan Long Rug
... New York Tuesday 6/3/89. est. $12,000-$15,000. The Kuba or Shirvan Attribution:
Compare this rug to Ulrich Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs plate 96 . ...

Afshan Kuba or Shirvan Long Rug
... New York Tuesday 6/3/89. est. $14,000-$18,000. The Kuba or Shirvan Attribution:
Compare this rug to Ulrich Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs plate 96 . ...

Where is Kasim Ushak?
... However the only name even vaguely similar is Kazanbulak. Ulrich Schurmann attributed
Kasim Ushak rugs to the "isolated Kurdish tribes" of Karabagh. ...

The James C. Allen Gendge Long Rug
... Compare the main border to the main border in Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian
Rugs plates 47. ... Compare the guard borders to Schurmann, Ulrich. ...

Oriental Rugs: Practical Seminar on Caucasian Rugs
... Oriental rugs, and specifically Caucasian rugs. The best-illustrated
one is, without a doubt, "Caucasian Rugs," by Ulrich Schurmann. ...

Guide To Kuba Rugs
... Alpan: The late Ulrich Schurmann wrote that Alpan rugs were a type of Kuba
"probably woven in Sejshour" Caucasian Rugs page 113. ... Schurmann, Ulrich. ...

The Schurmann and Herrmann Bergama rug
... (1.96 by 1.75m.). Literature: Herrmann, Eberhart, Seltene Orientteppiche IV, Munich,
pl. 6. Schurmann, Ulrich, Teppiche aus dem Orient, Wiesbaden, 1976, p. 75. ...

"New Realities" --Walter Denny, HALI magazine
... Before the original publication of Ulrich Schurmann’s Caucasian Rugs in the early
1960s, the nomenclature and geography of the rugs of Transcaucasia were ...

Salor Main Carpet
... Approximately 10 feet 3 inches (3.13 m.) x 7feet 10 inches (2.39 m.) A similar
example may be seen in Ulrich Schurmann, Central Asian Rugs, plate 61. ...

Antique Moghan Rug
... Moghan is a somewhat controversial label. The late Ulrich Schurmann
deliniated the group in his classic Caucasian Rugs pages 42 - 43. ...

Orange Dye, John Wertime, and Shahsavan Bags
... My dear friend Harold Keshishian has mentioned to me more than once that the great
Ulrich Schurmann discussed a natural orange dye in Caucasian and Northwest ...

The Oliveira Three Medallion Shirvan
... At the lozenges' ends "a radial ornament can be seen which recalls old Egyptian and
Persian royal insignia" (Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs, Poolesville, 1990 ...

The Shehady Gendge Rug
... Oriental Rugs Volume 1 Caucasian. Ulrich Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs
shows ten types of Gendge, do we throw two out? I have to wonder ...

The JosephV. McMullan Award
... William T. Price. Ralph S. Yohe. 1990. Murray L. Eiland Jr. Hans Konig. Ulrich
Schurmann. 1991. James M. Keshishian. John M. Topham. 1992. Raoul E. Tschebull. ...

Kuba Herati Rug
... Meshed. This rug does bear a certain resembelance to the Kuba Perepedil
Herat plate 107 in Ulrich Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs. It ...

Shirvan in a Konagkend Style
... So when I look at Ulrich Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs pages 274 - 275 it is obvious
that Schurmann's Konagkend is the closest pattern match to this rug. ...

Antique Caucasian Two Medallion Chajli Rug
... 158-161;. Ian Bennett, Oriental Rugs - Volume 1 Caucasian, Suffolk, UK, 1981, plates
207-209;. Ulrich Schurmann, .Caucasian Rugs, Poolesville, 1990, plate 76;. ...

Oriental Rugs: Treasure of the Caucasus Comment
... Years ago Ulrich Schurmann said in the Textile Museum that there is a good (vegetal)
orange in Caucasian rugs and I would expect the Burn's rug to be closer to ...

Notes on Memling Gul Rugs
... Moghan is a somewhat controversial label. The late Ulrich Schurmann
delineated the group in his classic Caucasian Rugs pages 42 - 43. ...

Antique Diagonal Striped Gendge
... Stone, PF Oriental Rug Lexicon. 1997,. Gendge Rug. Diagonal stripes are common
as we can see in Ulrich Schurmann's Caucasian Rugs Plates 46, 49, and 52. ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books K
... Konig, Hans. Historical part of Central Asian Carpets, with Ulrich Schurmann,
Frankfurt, 1969. Excellent older book. Good pictures and solid scholaship. ...

The Oliveira Shirvan Karagashli
... See somewhat similar rugs on: Ian Bennett, Oriental Rugs - Volume 1 Caucasian, Suffolk,
UK, 1981, plates 256-261; Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs, Poolesville ...

The Oliveira mid 19th C. Konagkend Kuba Rug
... & Murray Eiland III, Oriental Rugs A Complete Guide, London, 1998,
plate 293; Ulrich Schurmann, Caucasian Rugs, 1990, plates 103. ...

The James C. Allen Azeri Gendge Rug
... Compare the main border to the main border in Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian
Rugs plates 46 and 49. As well as Bennett, Ian et al. ...

Guide to Baku Rugs
... Following Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs plate 66, many in the trade call these
Shirvan but Baku seems a better attribution. ... Following Schurmann, Ulrich. ...

Salor Kapunuk
... 99 and Schurmann, Ulrich, Central-Asian Rugs, Frankfurt am Main, 1969, pl. ... 99
and Schurmann, Ulrich, Central-Asian Rugs, Frankfurt am Main, 1969, pl. ...

The Frauenknecht Shirvan Stepped Medallion Rug mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
The "S" border is very similar to Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs plate 66. ... The
"S" border is very similar to Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs plate 66. ...

The James C. Allen Cloud Band Kazak
... Compare it to the rare Shirvan "S" border in Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs
plate 66. Provenance - Formerly in the private collection of James C. Allen. ...

RugNotes - W
... 51; Caucasian Rugs by Ulrich Schurmann, 4th printing, review by Wright
Richard E., Oriental Rug Review, XI/6/45-46; Review Caucasian ...

The James C. Allen Fachralo Kazak
... We also see these "ribbon" borders in Surahani rugs as in Schurmann, Ulrich.
Caucasian Rugs plates 88, Fachralo rugs are in the Kazak group. ...

Chajli Long Rug
... of plates 207 - 209. Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs is the conventional
wisdom and he says Shirvan see plate 76. I think O'Bannon ...

Surahani Baku Long Rug
... Following Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs plate 66, many in the
trade call these Shirvan but Baku seems a better attribution. ...

JBOC's Notes - K
... Historical part of Central Asian Carpets, with Ulrich Schurmann, Frankfurt,
1969. Old Eastern Carpets, with Spuhler, F. & M. Volkmann, Munich, 1978. ...

Caucasian Rugs & Carpets
... Keshishian, James Mark. Inscribed Armenian Rugs of Yesteryear. Schurmann, Ulrich.
Caucasian Rugs. Stone, PF Rugs of the Caucasus: Structure and Design. ...

5 Star Guide To Oriental Rug Books B
... Marko, Mark Whiting, Susan Day, Schuyler Camman, Gerard Paquin, Walter Denny, Julia
Bailey, Rosemary Crill, Alan Marcuson, Ulrich Schurmann, Jennifer Scarce ...

Guide to Akstafa Rugs
... and Hudson, London, 1986, pp. 216-217. Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian
Rugs. Stone, PF Rugs of the Caucasus: Structure and Design. ...

Notes on Harold and Melissa Keshishian
... have ever seen. Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs. Poolesville: Old
99 Associates (Harold and Melissa Keshishian). 1963. This is ...

Perepedil Kuba Rug
... Schurmann, Ulrich. Caucasian Rugs. Der Manuelian, L. and M. Eiland: Weavers,
Merchants and Kings, Inscribed Rugs from Armenia. Keshishian, James Mark. ...

RugNotes - P
... Principle red dye - Polish Kermis. Schurmann, Ulrich. The Pazaryk. Bohmer, Harald,
"Dyeing For Color" Ghereh, September 1997 pg. 7. Stronach, David. ...

A Seychour Cabbage Rose Rug lot 47
... Kaukasische Teppichkunst im 19. Jahrhundert, Munich, 1993, pl. 15;
and Schurmann, Ulrich, Caucasian Rugs, Munich, 1964, pl. 117. ...

"The best Beshir prayer rug ", lot 55
... are rare. Related published examples include Schurmann, Ulrich, Central
Asian Rugs, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1969, pl. 48; Sotheby's New ...

For Further Reading:

Guide to Rugs & Books

La Miniature En Orient

Southwest Asia Time Line


Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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