Ties that bind : a social history of the Iranian carpet /
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| Author / Creator: | Helfgott, Leonard Michael, 1937- |
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| Imprint: | Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1994. |
| Description: | ix, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Rug and carpet industry -- Iran -- History. Rugs, Persian -- History. Rug and carpet industry. Rugs, Persian. Iran. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1672305 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1.. Introduction: The Carpet as a Historical Object
- Part 1. The Iranian Carpet in the Premodern World
- 2.. From Pallet to Palace: The Historical Background of Iranian Carpets
- 3.. Classical Safavid Carpets
- Part 2. The Iranian Carpet in the West
- 4.. From Palace to Parlor: The West's Oriental Obsession
- 5.. Robert Murdoch Smith and the Birth of the Modern Carpet Industry in Iran, 1873-1883
- Part 3. The Carpet Boom and After: The Origins of the Carpet Industry
- 6.. Nomadic Pastoralism and Carpet Production, Use, and Exchange
- 7.. Nomadic Pastoralists: The Carpet Boom and After
- 8.. Cottage and Carpets: Domestic Production During the Boom Years
- 9.. Carpets and the New Iranian Proletariat, 1870-1940
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index