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If I lost it I would not replace it.

Of some use but not one I would go out of my way to find.

Useful.

Very useful and one I would recommend strongly.

A very important or even the definitive work on the subject. It does not have to be perfect but if I give it 5 stars and you are interested in that area then you should own a copy.

Not Yet Rated - I haven't gotten to it yet so if you wish to review it please feel free. There is a limit to how many books I can read so it is not rated do not assume anything is wrong with the book. If you disagree with any of my opinions write me and I may annotate this list with your comments.

Galerie Sailer. Antike Teppiche und Textilkunst. 1983,

Gallotti, Jean. Weaving and Dyeing in North Africa. Basle: 1939.

Gammer Moshe. Muslim Resistance to the Tsar: Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan. London UK: Frank Cass. 1994.

The best book on Shamil and the Conquest of Chechnia and Daghestan. Many people who think they understand the Caucasus would do very well to read this book. Good maps and charts.

Gans-Ruedin, E. The Connoisseur's Guide To Oriental Carpets. 1971.

Gans-Ruedin, E. Antique Oriental Carpets. 1975.

Gans-Ruedin, E. The Splendor of Persian Carpets. 1978,

Gans-Ruedin, E. Chinese Carpets. NY: 1981.

Gans-Ruedin, E. The Great Book of Oriental Carpets. NY: 1983.

Gans-Ruedin, Edwin. Caucasian Carpets. NY: 1986.

Gans-Ruedin,Edwin. Indian Carpets, Rizzoli, New York. 1984

A good older book on Mughal Carpets. I do not have a copy but I borrowed a friends copy when I was doing my paper on Mughal carpets. Daniel Walker's book Flowers Underfoot is better but if you have that you may want to review this one.

Gantzhorn, Volkmar. 99 Teppiche. Stuttgart 1993.

Gantzhorn, Volkmar. The Christian Oriental Carpet Taschen. Koeln, 1991.

I tend to disagree with much of what Dr. Gantzhorn writes but buy this book anyway. Pound for pound one of the best value in rug literature. Huge number of excellent pictures I think there are about 600 rugs pictured..

Gantzhorn, Volkmar. The Christian Oriental Carpet-A Presentation of Its Development Iconologically & Iconographically.

Vide Supra.

Gardiner, Roger F. Art of The Loom. Exhibition Catalogue, Thames Art Gallery, Ontario, 1974.

Gardiner, Roger F. Oriental Rugs From Canadian Collections. Toronto: The Oriental Rug Society, Inc. 1975.

A good book with excellent information and structural descriptions. It is mostly B&W pictures or it would have rated higher.

Geijer, A. A History OF Textile Art. 1979 (Pasold, Sotheby's) (1982 ed - minor corrections),

Geijer, A. Oriental Textiles in Sweden. 1951,

Gelder, Lydia V.: Ikat ; NY: 1980. 7 x 10 Hardback in dust jacket, GWO 2759. Designing and weaving warp, weft, double and compound Ikat., 8 CP, 150 b/w.

Gentles, M. Turkish and Greek Island Embroideries. 1964, Art Institute of Chicago,

Gerspach, M. Coptic Textile Designs. 1975,

Gersu, Nevber. The Art of Turkish Weaving, Designs Through the Ages. Istanbul: 1988. 8 x 11, Collected from museum and private collections., 132 CP, 75 b/w.

Gervers, Veronika ed.: Studies in Textile History ; Toronto: 1977. 8.5 x 11, 244 b/w and figures.

Getty Conservation Institute. The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries. 1989,

Ghazarian, Manya. Armenian Carpet. Finland: 1988.

I think the Der Manuelian, L. and M. Eiland: Weavers, Merchants and Kings, Inscribed Rugs from Armenia and the James Keshishian's Inscribed Armenian Rugs of Yesteryear. are a little better but if you are interested in having in reviewing the literature then this one is valuable. There are a few controversial attributions in this book such as a rug called Armenian that most people call South West Persian. Enjoy this book but read it with discerment.

Ghirshman, Roman: The Art of Ancient Iran ; NY: 1964. 8.5 x 20.5, From its origins to the time of Alexander the Great. The Arts of Mankind series., 47 CP (6 textiles) 541 b/w.

Sound text extremely well executed. Primarily a look at the architectural and archeological evidence of pre-Islamic Iran. Most valuable for the illustrations.

Ghirshman, Roman: Persian Art, The Parthian and Sassanian Dynasties 1249 BC - AD 651. ; NY: 1962. 8 x 10.5, The Arts of Mankind series. 25 CP 4 b/2 are textiles., 92 CP 357 b/w.

Gillow, J. & Barnard, N. Traditional Indian Textiles. 1991,

Gillow, J. Traditional Indonesian Textiles. 1992,

Gimbutas, Marija. The Language of the goddess. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco, 1989.

Pseudo-scientific attempt to create a basis in fact for a mother-goddess religion. A small amount of fact mixed with a huge amount of Euro-centric feminism.

Giragosian, K. M. Warp and Woof or the Textile Art of the Pan-Oriental ; Boston: 1901.

Girardet Edward R. Afghanistan the Soviet War. New York: St. Martins Press, 1985

Very good solid work on the Afghan war. Girardet gave a very interesting account of the dynamics of the rebels and how they were organized and funded.

Gittinger, Mattiebelle. Splendid Symbols. Textiles and Traditions of Indonesia. 1979.

Gittinger, Mattiebelle. & Lefferts, H. L. Jr. Textiles and the Tai Experience. 1992,

Gittinger, Mattiebelle. Master Dyers to the World. 1982,

Gittinger, Mattiebelle. Splendid Symbols. Textiles and Traditions of Indonesia. 1985 (reprint of 1979 ed., with more illus.)

Gladiss, A. von. Islamische Teppiche und Textilien. 1987,

Glassie, H. Turkish Traditional Art Today. 1993,

Readers who are interested in a folklorist/anthropologist approach to traditional Turkish production would benefit from "Turkish Traditional Art Today" (Indiana University Turkish Studies, No 11) by Henry Glassie Price: $89.95 Hardcover - 947 pages (October 1993) Indiana Univ. Pr; ISBN: 0253325552 ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.44 x 10.37 x 8.94 In this piece Glassie presents fine insights to weavers, felt workers, metal smiths, ceramists, and calligraphers. After reading it I, for the first time, had a sense of the reality of craft tradition, pride and renewal. The book and price are both hefty - but the piece is worth its weight in gold! Greg Koos

Godefroy, J. Persische Tapijten. Amsterdam: 1934.

Goldberg, Ellis: Tinker, Tailor and Textile Worker ; Berkeley: 1986. 6 x 9.

Goldstein, Melvyn and Cynthia Beall: Nomads of Western Tibet ; Berkeley: 1990. 8.5 x 11, 211 CP.

Gombos, Karoly: Regi Turkmen Szonyegek (Turkoman Rugs) ; Budapest: 1975. 9 x 8, Museum collection exhibition catalog. Mainly Hungarian with some English/Russian text., 61 b/w.

Gombos, Karoly. Aszetak, Dervisek, Imaszonyegek / Ascetics, Dervishes. 1984, Prayer Rugs.

Gombos, Karoly. Alte Zentralasiatische Teppich (Old Turkoman Rugs) ; Budapest: 1979.

Gombos, Karoly. Caucasian and Turkmenian Carpets. Budapest: 1986.

Gombos, Karoly. Caucasian and Turkmenian Carpets. Budapest: 1986.

Gombos, Karoly. Caucasian and Turkmenian Carpets. Budapest: 1986.

Gombos, Karoly. Old Persian Carpets. Budapest: 1980.

Gombos, Karoly. Old Turkmenian Rugs. Budapest: 1975.

Gombos, Karoly. Turkmenian Rugs. Budapest: 1984.

Grabar, Oleg ed.: Muqarnas, An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture ; New Haven: 1983. 7 x 10, Vol. 1. No articles on textiles or rugs., 128 b/w 22 b/w figures

Graumont, Raoul and John Hensel: Square Knot, Tatting, Fringe and Needle Work ; NY: 1943. 7 x 9.5, 64 b/w showing 404 examples.

Gray, Basil. Persian Painting. New York: 1961, Skira, Rizzoli, 1977

Very solid scholarship that stands up well after 36 years. I found his chapter on Bukhara very useful. Gray has a better grasp of the shifting of artists from court to court than any other author I have read. The section on the artists of Sultan Ibrahim Mirza is outstanding. I think he may attribute too much to Qazvin but other than that the book reads well.

Graziani, Paul ed. Turquie Au Nom de la Tulipe ; (France?): 1993.

Greenberg, Joseph H. Anthropologic Linguistics. New York: Random House, 1968

I felt obliged to read this one for the rug research implications but this is a touch more specialized than I really needed.

Gregorian, Arthur T. Oriental Rugs and the Stories They Tell. 1957,

Gregorian, Arthur T. Oriental Rugs and the Stories They Tell. 1967 (1977 ed),

Gregorian, Arthur T. and Hampshire J. G. Armenian Rugs from the Gregorian Collection. Newton, MA: 1986.

Gregorian, Arthur T. Oriental Rugs. 1970.

Gregorian, Arthur T. The Gregorian Collection. (No Place): (No Date).

Grierson, Su: The Colour Cauldron, The History and Use of Natural Dyes in Scotland ; Perth: 1986. 6 x 9, 150 dye plants covered. Extensive bibliography.

Grima, Benedicte. The Performance of Emotion in Paxtun Women. Austin: University Of Texas Press, 1992

I like this book and it gives an interesting look into the lives of Pashtun woman. I have some concern however that Grima may have inadvertently skewed her results and have only attracted women that were socially and economically disadvantaged by the standards of their society. If you allow for that then I think her results may be more meaningful. No rugs but good background on an obscure weaving group that I collect.

Grousset, Rene. Conqueror of the World. McKellar, translated by Marian and Sinor, Denis. New York: The Orion Press, 1966.

Not a major worked compared to the next book but it is useful in filling in back-ground information. No rugs but good background.

Grousset, Rene. The Empire of the Steppes. Walford, Naomi translator. New Brunswick: Rutgers University press, 1994.

A major comprehensive guide to the Mongols and there descendents. Studying the Mongols gives one a basis to understand the Mughals, Persians and Turks as well as their neighbors, This is the best single book  I know to explain a huge portion of Asian and world history. Still in print this belongs in every good library. I should note that some of the scholarship has shifted since that book was written but to a non-Mongol specialist the changes are fairly trivial.

Grousset, Rene. The Rise and Splendor of the Chinese Empire. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1968.

First published in 1952 this is a good general guide to early China.

Grube, Ernst J.: A Mirror for Princes from India. Illustrated Versions of the Kalilah wa Dimnah, Anvar-i Suhayli, Iyar-i Danish and Humayun Nameh. Bombay, 1991.

Grube, Ernst J.: At the Sublime Port. Ambassadors to the Ottoman Empire (1550-1880). Exhibition: Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 1988.

Grube, Ernst J. The Classical Style in Islamic Painting Italy Edizioni Oriens 1968

Grube, Ernst J. Cobalt and Lustre. The first centuries of Islamic pottery. 1995.

Grube, Ernst J. (Ed.) Islamic Art : An Annual Dedicated to the Art and Culture of the Muslim World. Oxford, 1987

Grube, Ernest J. (ed) et al ISLAMIC ART (A Biennial Dedicated to the Art and Culture of the Muslim World) IV 1990-1991 The Bruschettini Foundation for Islamic and Asian Art, Genoa, 1992.

Grube, Ernst J.: Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection. London, 1976.

Grube, Ernst J. Islamic Paintings from the 11th to the 18th century in the collection of Hans P. Kraus. New York: H. P. Kraus, 1972.

Grube, Ernest J. The World of Islam. New York, Toronto: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1966. 8.5 x 11, Landmarks of World Art series. 12 CP 9 b/w rugs & textiles., 105 CP 95 b/w.

Some good rug pictures. The color is a little off but the designs are very readable. Grube is very knowledgeable.

Ernst J Grube Mirror For Princes From India: Illustrated Versions Of The Kalilah Wa Dimnah,Anvar-I-Suhayli Iyar-I Danish And Humayun Marg Publications, Bombay, 1991

Grube, Ernest J. Muslim Miniature Paintings From the XIII to XIX Century. Venice: Neri Pozza Editore, 1962.

Even after 35 years this is a wonderful book. Black and white pictures but very good quality. he also has a good selection of miniatures that I have not seen else where. The downside is that the scholarship is 35 years old as well and if he wrote it today there would be many changes.

Grube, Ernst J. Venezia. Fondazione Giorgio Cini. Centro di Cultura e Civiltà. Istituto di Storia dell'Arte. Miniature Islamische Dal XIII al XIX Secolo da Collezione Americane. Catalogo della mostra a cura di Ernst J. Grube. Con l'assistenza di Alberta Maria Fabris. (Cataloghi di Mostre. Vol. 17.) Vicenza (Neri Pozza), 1962.

Grube, Ernst J. The Paintings of Jim Moon. Durham, NC: NCCU Art Museum, North Carolina Central University , 1991 ,

Grube, Ernst J. "Pre-Mongol and Mamluk Painting" in Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book. Robinson, B. W. (edited by). Vol. II. London: Faber and Faber,1976. 67-81.

Grube, Ernst J. "Prolegomena for a Corpus Publication of Illustrated Kalilah wa Dimnah Manuscripts" in Islamic Art. Vol. 4. 1990-1991. 301-481.

Grube, Ernst J. "Review of Der Orientalische Knüpfteppich: Versuch einer Darstellung seiner Geschichte, by Kurt Erdmann" in Der Islam. Vol. 35. 1960. 208-227.

Grube, Ernst J. Studies in Islamic Painting. London. Pindar Press. 1995.

Guest, Grace Dunham, Shiraz Painting in the Sixteenth Century. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Oriental Studies No. 4, 1949

This is the book that delineated the Shiraz school of miniatures in modern scholarship. While this is not a rug book per se, why are no classical carpets attributed to Shiraz? There is a 16th century Shiraz Carpet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and they do not have a clue what it is.

Guerinet, Armand ed. Tapis de la Chine. Paris: (1910?).

Gülgönen, A. Konya Cappadocia Carpets. 1997,

Gulgonen, Ayan: Konya Cappadocia Carpets from the 17th-19th Centuries ; Istanbul: 1994.

Gulgonen, Bohmer et al Konya Cappadocia Carpets from the 17th to 19th centuries in the Tiem and Gulgonen Collections 19??

Gunston, Bill. Modern Soviet Air Force. New York: Arco Publishing, Inc. 1982

Nicely done small pocket guide for identifying Soviet aircraft. This has been very useful with my war rug work.

Gurdji, V. Oriental Rug Weaving. 1901,

Gurdji, V. Oriental Rug Weaving. Seattle: 1966. 93 pp., 5.5x8.5 Spiral bound, GWO 488. Facsimile reprint of the 1901