One thousand years of Turkish carpets / Oktay Aslanapa ; editor/English text William A. Edmonds

Includes bibliographical references: (p. 225-236)

I. Early Turkish Carpets : Scholarly Study Begins - Carpet from the Pazyryk Grave - Carpet Fragments Found in East Turkestan - 9th Century Carpets from the Abbasid Period - Carpets Found at Fostat (Ancient Site near Cairo) -- II. Selçuk Carpets : The Carpets of the Alaeddin Mosque, Konya - The Carpets of Beyşehir- Selçuk Carpets Found at Fostat -- III. Animal-Figured Carpets -- IV. Carpets of the Ottoman Period : Small-pattern Type I Holbein Carpets - Type II Holbein or "Lotto" Carpets - Large-pattern Type III Holbein Carpets - Type IV Holbein Carpets - Carpets depicted in paintings by Crivelli and Memling -- V. 16th and 17th Century Classical Turkish Carpet Art (Uşak Carpets) : Medallion Uşak Carpets - Star Uşak Carpets - Variations of Medallion and Star Uşak Carpets - Uşak Carpets with a White Field - Bergama Carpets -- VI. Palace Carpets -- VII. Prayer Rugs : Uşak Prayer Rugs - Palace Prayer Rugs - Gördes Prayer rugs - Kula Prayer Rugs - Konya Region Carpets and Prayer Rugs - Ladik Prayer Rugs - Kırşehir Prayer Rugs - Mucur Prayer Rugs - Milas Prayer Rugs - Bergama Prayer Rugs -- VIII. Carpets and Prayer Rugs of Hereke : Feshane Carpets.