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Sumak Bags (Wertime) The definitive work on the sumakh technique transport and storage bags made by the Shahsavan and other nomadic groups of Northwest Persia and the Transcaucasus region. BS929 £65 $130

SPECIAL OFFER HI009 £40 $80 The HALI Index CD-Rom 1978-2001 The comprehensive index to HALI from issues 1-120. Now fully searchable on CD-Rom.

SPECIAL OFFER HI010 £20 $40 The HALI Index Supplement 1996-2000

Caucasian Carpets & Covers (Wright/Wertime) Offers an overview of Caucasian pilewoven and flatwoven textiles following recent research. BS932 £49 $98

NEW TITLE Carpets and Textiles in the Iranian World 1400-1700 (Thompson, Shaffer & Mildh) A comprehensively illustrated compendium of thirteen academic papers from the eponymous symposium organised by the May Beattie Archive at Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum in 2003. BS1005 £57 €76 $114

Three Camels to Smyrna: The Story of The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Company (Anthony Wynn) The story of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers Company, in its day by far the biggest carpet exporter of all, explores the history of the Near and Middle East in the twentieth century from the point of view of the men and women involved in the carpet trade. Antony Wynn, author of the acclaimed 'Persia in the Great Game', observed carpet weaving at first hand when he was the OCM buyer in Hamadan in Iran from 1972-6. Using the carpets as a connecting thread, he takes us through revolutions, wars and economic crises in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Tibet, Europe and America to show how, long before the word ‘globalism’ was invented, seemingly unrelated political and economic events affected the lives of all those involved in the trade: from the weavers in their remotest villages to the city merchants and the financiers who backed them. Few people have any idea of the dramas gone through by those who worked to bring Oriental carpets, woven in the turbulent countries of the East, to the tranquil living rooms of the West. This book brings it all home… BS1002 £39 €54 $75 (including postage)

Spindle and Bow A first novel by Bevis Longstreth, a story of love, adventure and the rug weavers art, inspired by the story of the Pazryk Carpet. 288pp. Hard bound: BS946 £20.99 $41.99 €31.49

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