From fleece, yarn, and dyeing to looms and weaves, the visual language, tribal weavers, and meaning, origins, and aesthetics of the kilim, this book provides an

Woven by women to adorn tents and camel caravans, kilims are enduring records of life in Turkeyʹs nomadic communities, as well as stunning examples of abstract

Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World.