The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving

＂The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets attempts to cover the diverse forms that the art and craft of the handwoven carpet has taken over twenty-five centuries from the Far East to North Africa, from Europe to India, and from both hemispheres of the New World. The focus is on the Classic Asiatic sources in the ＂Rug Belt＂: Persia (Iran), Anatolia (Turkey), the Caucasus, China, India, and Central Asia＂--Page 7.