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Caroline Bosly, Rugs to Riches: An Insider's Guide to Oriental Rugs. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1983.
Hard cover, dustwrapper, 247 pages, illustrated.
Light wear to dustwrapper, ex-libris on the front free endpaper, Neat underlining under two lines noted. Good condition.
'Oriental rubs are incomparable objects of beauty and have become more and more popular as investments against inflation. But there are many questions to which the novice and even the more knowledgeable rug purchaser need answers: to provide these answers. Caroline Bosly, a distinguished international rug broker, wrote Rugs to Riches. ...
'Rugs to Riches provides important insights into judging rugs for their quality and value, and explains how to select the best rugs by using a simple points system. Among its ten chapters on how to "read" a rug and how to buy one, including how to bargain. It is written in a simple, straightforward style that strips away the mystique from Oriental rugs.'