Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Hardcover and softcover
304 pages, 12 x 12 in.
78 color + 117 b/w illus. + 7 maps
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988
Hardcover ISBN 9780812279597
Softcover ISBN 9780876330708

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is home to an extraordinary collection of antique Oriental carpets. Seventy-seven of the finest are highlighted in this book, with illustrations and accompanying notes. The chapters focus on the key regions of carpet production and the insightful introduction discusses many general aspects of Oriental carpets, from the development of carpet manufacturing following the rise of civilization to the methods used in determining dates of creation.

Charles Grant Ellis was a collector of Oriental rugs and was one of the top experts on Oriental rugs of the twentieth century.