Table of Contents

Forewords

Introduction

1. From Fleece to Yarn

2. Dyeing: The Lost Process

3. The Loom

4. The Weave

5. The Visual Language of the Anatolian Kilim

6. The Tribal Weaver

7. The Meaning of the Kilim

8. The Origins of the Kilim: A Survey of Current Thinking

9. The Horn and the Hexagon

10. The Aesthetics Underlying the Kilim

Plates

Technical Analysis

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments