PRÉFACE                                                                                                            7

APERÇU HISTORIQUE DU TAPIS A POINT NOUÉ                                      9

Le tapis de Pasyryk                                                                                             10

Fragments du Turkestan oriental (Ille–Vie siècle apr. J.-C.                                   13

Fragments de l'Egypte antique et d'Al Fostat                                                        13

Tapis seldjoukides d'Anatolie des XIIe et XIIIe siècles                                        15

Tapis d'Anatolie des XIVe et XVe siècles                                                            17

Les tapis «Holbein» d'Anatolie des XVe et XVIe siècles                                      18

Les tapis reproduits dans les tableaux de l'école flamande du XVe siècle              19

Les tapis «Lotto» (sous-groupe des tapis «Holbein»)                                            20

Le tapis Mamelouk ou tapis de Damas                                                                21

Les tapis persans                                                                                                 21

CLASSIFICATION DES TAPIS                                                                       29

Turquie                                                                                                               30

Caucase                                                                                                              73

Iran                                                                                                                   224

Turkestan russe                                                                                                 360

Afghanistan et Inde                                                                                            395

Chine et Turkestan oriental                                                                                427

BIBLIOGRAPHIE                                                                                           453

GLOSSAIRE                                                                                                   457

INDEX                                                                                                             467

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