Very Early Turkish Carpets – Studies in Geometric Wholeness: Book early version

01/01/1985

Book Early Version, Partial Manuscript

840-page draft of Part Three – The Carpets; a study on the color and the geometry of individual carpets, belonging to various centuries, starting from the 12th century and going up to the late 18th century. Document includes a conclusion and an Appendix named “The Correct Dating of Early Turkish Rugs”.

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Content of

Published Book

A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art - The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets 01/01/1993

Original Book

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.

The seventh volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press is a book about carpets. Alexander assembled what many believe to be one of the finest collections of early Turkish carpets in the ...