Living With Kilims by Alastair Hull


Living With Kilims
Title : Living With Kilims
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ISBN : 0500278229
ISBN-10 : 9780500278222
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 192
Publication : First published October 28, 1988

Attractive, hard-wearing and versatile, kilims have become one of the most fashionable features of Western interior decoration in recent years. This illustrated guide shows how to use them in the home. With information on their history and origins, types and techniques, and guidance on buying and valuing, cleaning and repairing, it contains over 250 photographs of interiors ranging from English country houses to Mediterranean villas - providing ideas for those seeking decorative inspiration.

Living With Kilims Reviews

  • Sally Edsall

    If you live in a kilim-close environ, then you can understand how they can become a compulsive obsession. Much the same as book collecting.

    This richly illustrated volume is a lovely addition to a library, and as well provides good practical information about how kilims in various guises can be used and displayed to their best advantage. The emphasis is on USING and LIVING with kilims, not as works of art or museum pieces.

    The first chapter is a useful history of the origins of kilims, the second on the materials and techniques used in making them, and the third about recognising and identifying different types of kilims, including motifs and symbols and characteristics of kilims from the main areas of production - Anatolia, The Caucasus, Persia and Afghanistan.

    After that follows various decorative uses - on floors, walls, and unusual forms. The book finishes with tips on care and repair and listings for those interested in collecting these lovely items.