Living With Kilims Author:Alastair Hull, Nicholas Barnard, James Merrell (Photographer) For practicality, vivid color, and versatility, few features of home decoration rival kilims, the extraordinary flat-woven rugs of the Middle East. This book covers origins, types and techniques of particular designs, with histories of the people who created them. It also offers a detailed guide to identification ; full instructions for buying a... more »nd selling and cleaning and repairing ; and a source directory of museums, galleries, auction houses, shops, as well as conservationists and other experts.« less