Advances in carpet manufacture
Advances in carpet manufacture
The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it, but Chris chose to live there. Ostensibly writing a guidebook. He found life at the heart of the glittering madrassahs, mosques and minarets of the walled city of Khiva, immensely …
Chris Alexander originally travelled to Khiva, a remote walled city in Uzbekistan on the route of the ancient Silk Road, to write a guidebook. But he stayed, mesmerized by a world of silk and forgotten 15th-century carpet designs - discovering indigo blue, madder red, pomegranat…
Carpets have been made throughout the world for hundreds of years. The manufacture of carpets has evolved over time and continues to improve in all areas. This book provides an overview of the developments and innovations within this area, whilst covering the many different type…