THE
YERKES COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL CARPETS.
A Limited and Deluxe Portfolio
Containing Twenty-Seven Facsimile Reproductions in Color. With Critical
Text by John Kimberly Mumford
American Edition. No 77 of 750. 27 plates Loose as issued in green silk
portfolio, Plates clean and unmarked. Comes with original case, Comprises 8 pages of introductory text
followed by 27 bifolia with commentary on second page and color relief
half-tone of carpet on facing third page. Charles Tyson Yerkes, the
infamous banker who was responsible for building a large part of
Chicago's transit system, had visions of an elaborate catalogue of
hand-painted reproductions illustrating the finer examples of oriental
carpets in his collection. His death in 1905 prevented the project from
being finished, and in 1910, when the bulk of his estate was to be sold,
this catalogue was published.
Oversized - 22" x 14"