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Title: The Oriental Rug Lexicon by Peter F. Stone ISBN: 0-295-97574-1 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, a useable book on Orientals
Comment: Stone does not make the assumption, as so many writers about Oriental rugs do, that he knows what the reader wants. Instead, he provides an exhaustive, impartial spectrum of places, conditions, qualities, methods, and types affiliated with Oriental rugs, from earliest known times to the present. Stone manages to keep his work from being dull by interlarding it with astringent observations and keeping his entries brutally essential. Whoever did the layout of this work deserves kudos, too-- it is easy to access, each entry is set off from the others so as to be memorable to those of us who are visual, and there is generous, attractive use of clearly-labeled graphics. I genuinely appreciate this matrix-like, non-linear expert treatment of Oriental rugs, and find myself reading it up like a novel. The only thing I have found lacking so far is an entry on arbash.
Rating: 5
Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!
Comment: In the rug world there is almost a constant competition of scholarship. Very rarely does one person so dominate his field as to be the indisputable authority. One of those rare exceptions is Peter Stone. One rug restoration expert told me that there will never be another major book on rug repair in my life time because "Oriental Carpet Repair" by Peter Stone says it all. Stone's new book the "Oriental Rug Lexicon" may well exceed "Oriental Carpet Repair" as a scholarly triumph. If you are at all serious about collecting or if your rugs are anything more than floor coverings to you, you need this book.
The Definative Guide To Rugs, Carpets, and Trappings What Stone has done is to make one large dictionary of rug terms. He has identified and defined them in an interesting and informative manner. As soon as I received the Lexicon I decided to put it to use. The first job was to decipher a page of notes I had made on dyes and dye sources used in oriental carpets that someone had given me. To have a source where I can double check the difference between a flavenol and a luteolin is invaluable. Other questions are solved just as easily such as what is a Medici Mamaluk versus a regular Mamaluk. Rug books have so many alternate spellings that it is nice to have a source that confirms that a Khorjin, Kharjin, Khordjin, and a Khurdzhin, are all the same thing. The book is designed like a dictionary and it is easy to look up individual words. It is not designed to be read cover to cover but as I spot-checked the definitions I found some thing interesting and fun on virtually every page. As long as I am mentioning spot-checking let me say that I spotted no errors. If, indeed, there are no errors, inaccuracies or mistakes, I will be astounded. There is to be found a wealth of rug terms with all the common alternative spellings including some that I have not encountered until now. All in all, it is an amazing resource.
The layout of the book is superb. It is packed with informati! on without being crowded. There are many more color pictures than I would have expected with a book of this type and there is an abundance of helpful sketches and line art to illustrate and illuminate Stone's points. Just this week a good friend who has a world class rug collection told me I "have" to buy three books if I want to keep up with things. The total for all three is over $1000 US. I mention this only to make the point that at a list price of $29.95 (US currency for softcover edition, $60 for hardcover edition) Stone's book is about as close to free we are likely to see for a serious rug book. Let me sum up my opinion in just three words: BUY THIS BOOK!
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Title: Oriental Carpet Design: A Guide to Traditional Motifs, Patterns and Symbols by P. R. J. Ford ISBN: 0500276641 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Oriental Carpets : A Complete Guide - The Classic Reference by Murray L. Eiland, Murray Eiland III ISBN: 0821225480 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 15 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Oriental Rugs Today: A Guide to the Best New Carpets from the East by Emmett Eiland ISBN: 1893163466 Publisher: Berkeley Hills Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Oriental Rugs in Colour by Preben Liebetrau ISBN: 0025718401 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 1963 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Oriental Rugs: A Buyer's Guide by Lee Allane ISBN: 0500275173 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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