Ballard Collection Of Oriental Rugs

An important addition to the corpus of oriental rug resource material.

Ballard collection of oriental rugs.

The carpet and the connoisseur. Most of the rugs in the ballard collection have never been published in color before so this catalog fills a gap in the literature and at a reasonable price to boot. Ballard collection of oriental rugs. A cataolg of the important collection of ballard that is still being used by auction houses and dealers as a standard reference to classical oriental rugs.

Later he brought an additional two rugs one of which featured the coat of arms of tamerlane the founder of the timurid empire. Denny in collaboration with slam associate curator philip hu and textile conservator zoe perkins. Ballard collection of oriental rugs opened at the saint louis art museum on march 6 2016 in the main exhibition galleries. An important addition to the corpus of oriental rug resource material.

Numerous black white illustrations one color frontispiece illustration very good condition minor blemishes of age no writing or markings. Most of the rugs in the ballard collection have never been published in color before so this catalog fills a gap in the literature and at a reasonable price to boot. Persian area rugs may be the coziest way we know to add global sophistication to the living room or bedroom. I will always combine shipments to save you money.

Many of the images are in b w as was customary at the time but still useful and instructive. In 1922 ballard presented to the metropolitan museum of art in new york a collection of 126 oriental rugs that at the time was valued at half a million dollars.