We constantly offer a choice of recommendable books and catalogues on North African weaving culture with a particular focus on antique + vintage Moroccan carpets + textiles.

Antiquarian titles will be for sale occasionally. Please also CONTACT us for all sorts of antiquarian literature, postcards, films, prints + fotos. I have all old issues of Nord-Sud, some of the Hesperis as well as a very rare copy of the film 'Tapis, Parterres du Maroc', 1946-56 (under direction of Marcel Vicaire, 'chef du service des Arts et Métiers Marocains'), the very rare 'tome V' of the monography 'Corpus des Tapis Marocains' + a few other rare titles by Prosper Ricard + unpublished vintage carpet photos of the French protectorate's period with autographic comments by Prosper Ricard (former 'Directeur des arts indigènes au Maroc' + founder of the Moroccan National museums' collections) that I could give on loan for exhibitions etc.

   
David Crawford / Bart Deseyn: Nostalgia for the Present

David Crawford / Bart Deseyn: 'Nostalgia for the Present', Leiden, 2014.

Ethnography + photography in a Moroccan Berber village.

148 pages, 76 full page black+white plates, English, hard cover.
For more information also see the exhibition photos of 'Nostalgia for the Present' in the 'exhibition archive' section.

Euro 35,00 + shipping

   
   
Marokkanische Teppiche und die Kunst der Moderne

Florian Hufnagl, Die neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum Munich (ed.), Juergen Adam: 'Marokkanische Teppiche und die Kunst der Moderne / Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art', Munich, 2013.

The exhibition catalogue of the much praised exhibition on the occasion of the re-opnening of the 'Neue Pinakothek' in Munich.

440 (!!!) pages, 700 full page colour plates + colour photos, German, English + a French Résumée, hard cover. 

Euro 90,00 + shipping
second edition SOLD OUT

Euro 240,00 + shipping
first edition

   
   
Post Punk Pinkcover

Gebhart Blazek (ed.), Miriam Ali de Unzaga, Paul Vandenbroeck, Randall Morris: 'Post Punk Pink', exhibition catalogue Graz, 2010.

the new 2010 catalogue on Moroccan rag rugs: bigger, higher + faster than 2009's 'boucherouite' catalogue.....

112 pages, 90 full page colour plates + 19 colour photos, English, soft cover.
For more information also see the article 'post punk pink ' in the 'editorial' section.

Euro 35,00 + shipping

 

   
   
Axel Steinmann /Gebhart Blazek: 'boucherouite' cover

Axel Steinmann, Gebhart Blazek: 'boucherouite', exhibition catalogue with a comment by Daniel Spoerri. Graz, 2009.

the first available comprehensive catalogue on Moroccan rag rugs.

64 pages, 47 full page colour plates + 8 colour photos, English/German, soft cover.
For more information also see the article 'boucherouite ' in the 'editorial' section.

 

Euro 30,00 + shipping SOLD OUT



   
   
Kurt Rainer:'Tasnacht' cover

Kurt Rainer: 'Tasnacht', Teppichkunst und Traditionelles Handwerk der Berber Suedmarokkos, Graz 1999, ISBN 3201017159
9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket + original packing. Illustrated by 162 colour plates; A comprehensive book on the weaving culture of Ait Ouaouzguite + neighbouring groups of the jebel Siroua region in southern Morocco. Colour illustrations show carpets, rugs, jewelry, costume and landscapes. text GERMAN ONLY. 191 pp.

Euro 85,00 + shipping



   
   
   
KurtRainer: 'Morocco mon Amour' cover

Kurt Rainer: 'Marokko / Morocco Mon Amour', Unique Textiles: A Tradition in the Kingdom of Morocco, Graz 2005, ISBN 3200002093
9 x 12.5 HARDBACK IN DUST JACKET in original packing. Illustrated by 100 colour plates; Late 19th-mid 20th century rugs, carpets and textiles of Morocco. Text in German + English. 180 pp.

Euro 45,00 + shipping




   
   
   
KurtRainer: 'Morocco mon Amour' soft cover

Kurt Rainer: 'Morocco / Marokko Mon Amour', Unique Textiles: A Tradition in the Kingdom of Morocco, Graz 2005, ISBN 3200002093
9 x 12.5 SOFT COVER. Illustrated by 100 colour plates; Late 19th-mid 20th century rugs, carpets and textiles of Morocco. Text in German + English. 180 pp.

Euro 29,00 + shipping




   
   
   
L.A.MayerMuseum of Islamic Art: 'Moroccan Charm' Art of the Berbertribes

L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art: 'Moroccan Charm - Art of the Berber Tribes', the G. Blazek collection of carpets and textiles and the I. Grammet collection of jewelry, Jerusalem 2005, ISBN 9659040326, 9789659040322, col. ill., map ; 31 cm, 129 pp. soft cover
Published to accompany an exhibition held July 2005 - April 2006 at the L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem. Text in Hebrew and English at either end of volume.

Euro 45,00 + shipping SOLD OUT




   
   
   
Fuerst Pueckler Museum: Wolle, Silber, Seide aus Tunesien

Fuerst Pueckler Museum - Park + Schloss Branitz: 'Wolle, Silber, Seide aus Tunesien', die Sammlung G. + Dr. K.J.Krueger, Hamburg, Cottbus 1995, ISBN 9659040326, 9789659040322, col. ill., map ; 22 cm, 50 pp.
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the museum in 1995. Text in German.

Euro 15,00 + shipping




   
 
 
mbuti bark cloth paintings
 
Mbuti bark cloth drawingsfrom the Ituri rain forest, Congo

double sided Poster in A1 format (83,5 x59 cm / ca. 33'' x 23''), 52 post card sized photos of Mbuti pygmy bark cloth paintings, 4 sketches, introduction text in German. (a full screen image of either side can be sent upon request by e-mail before buying).

Euro 7,00 + shipping

 
 
 
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