European Carpets

by Michele Campana

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, (see photographs)

"In this introduction to the history of European carpets Michele Campana admits their indisputable Eastern origin.  'It was the peoples of the East who revealed to the West the physical, aesthetic and intellectual pleasure occasioned by the presence of carpets. 
The author surveys the major centres of carpet production since the Middle Ages in England, France, Spain and Portugal, explaining the different methods of weaving and their sources, and tracing the evolution of national styles against the social background of the day."