Thirty-Nine Oriental Rugs from the Collection of Nellie Ballard White
St. Louis: 1934. Softcover. Tan stitched wraps, 38 pp., 7 BW illus., housed in gray library archival folder with red cloth spine. G- (Ex-art library with spine label, interior marks; instances of handwriting in margins; booklet is pulling away from wraps and thus the extra folder was added in the past.). Item #154214
Outlines selections from the collection of Nellie Ballard White, daughter of collector James Ballard. The annotated catalogue of the 39 oriental rugs addresses samples from Persia (Silk Persian, Vase Carpet, Animal Carpet, Ispahan, Hunting Carpet, 17th century, Herati, Garden carpet, Joshaghan, Bijar); Asia Minor (Ghiordes, Ladik, Koula, Oushak); China (Early Ming Period); Miscellaneous (Damascus, Bokhara, Samarkand, Kuba, Lesghian). 7 are pictured here. A scarce catalogue.
Price: $30.00