European and American Carpets and Rugs

Faraday, Cornelia Bateman. European and American Carpets and Rugs. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1990. New edition. Quarto. 484pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over green cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on cover and spine. Beautifully illustrated endpaper. Color frontispiece. “A history of the hand-woven decorative floor coverings of Spain, France, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, the Balkans, Germany, Austria and Early America; and of the machine-made carpets and rugs of Modern Europe and of the United States. With more than 400 illustrations of antique and modern European and American carpets and rugs, with thirty-two plates in full colour by the author and eighty additional colour plates with detailed captions” (author). DJ with light wear along edges. DJ in overall very good, binding and interior in near fine condition. vg. Hardcover. (37514) $45