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Threads of Empire: A History of the World in Twelve Carpets
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Carpets and rugs have always gripped British historian and rug collector Armstrong (Ashmolean Museum, Univ. of Oxford) and compelled her to write this history of the world, spanning 500 BCE to the 20th century, told through 12 carpets woven along the Asian Silk Road between Europe and Japan. Through a description of each rug and its creation, design, condition, and acquisition, Armstrong unfolds world history in the carpet’s era. She also wonders about the lives of the largely unrecorded nomadic weavers, most of them women, who created these rugs. The book also features the stories of chieftains, kings, forgers, obsessed ultra-rich rug collectors, and museum curators.
VERDICT This well-written and extremely interesting book will attract a wide audience in both world history and the decorative arts.
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