Persian Carpets

by Michael Craig Hillmann

Michael Hillmann , author of this book was Professor, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. Volume includes a total of 6 color photos of carpets....and a few black & white also. Chapters 1. Intro 2. Identification & Classification of Persian Carpets 3. Portfolio of Modern Persian Carpets 4. Symbolism in Modern Persian Carpet Designs 5. Persian Carpets and Iranianm Society

98 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Michael Craig Hillmann, Ph.D., (born May 5, 1940) is professor of Persian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and President of Persepolis Institute, Inc. He has published widely on Persian language and literature and specializes in lyric Persian verse, Persian prose fiction from the 1920s through the 1970s, and literary autobiography. Since the late 1990s, he has focused on Persian instructional materials development, resulting in, among other things, a new Persian language learning syllabus in four volumes called "Persian for America(ns)."