Publisher's Synopsis
Part of Glasgow Museums' Introducing series, this highly illustrated book is written for a general interest adult audience. It features 46 of the Islamic carpets in the Burrell Collection. Each object has a description of about 100 words, is shown in full and there are many close-ups of details. The carpets are grouped thematically, and each section has a short introduction. Contents: A Garden for Indoors; the Arabesque Design; The Persian Carpet; Mughal India's Carpet Tradition; Animals in Carpets; Carpets made for Prayers; Turkman Tribal Carpet Weaving; Historical Carpet Fragments and Special Carpets.
