The Topkapi Saray Museum: Carpets

From the jacket flap: This volume concentrates on the Topkapi Saray Museum's magnificent Oriental rugs. Among the most striking and distinctive are the brilliantly colored prayer rugs with designs incorporating quotations from the Koran and other sacred sources. Eclectic and archaic in style, this unparalleled group of carpets is now thought to have been made in 19th century Istanbul or, possibly, in Hereke. There are 98 color illustrations. First American Edition.