The connoisseurs’ preserve needs expansion

The three books under review hereCarpets of Afghanistan, The Carpet and the Connoisseur: the James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs and Early Carpets and Tapestries on the Eastern Silk Roadtake a traditional approach to the subject, in many ways a study established from the late 19th century.Textiles are in general still considered as a minor art within the traditional hierarchy of architecture, sculpture and paintings. Carpets, on the other hand, belong to the upper realms of art history