From the inside cover:
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the oriental carpet was much appreciated in Siena, as in all major Italian cities at the time. Inventories document their presence in private homes, public buildings and ecclesiastical institutions and also throw light on how they were used. More importantly, Sienese documents reveal something that sets the city apart from other places such as Florence, Genoa and Venice: an active local production of carpets. The artisans who made them had their own identity as tappetai and worked regularly in shops of tappetai specialized in this production.
Table of contents:
Part I - Sources
page 1 I. Artistic Sources
5 II. Written Sources
Part II - Rugs
9 III. Importation
13 IV. Local Production
21 V. Customers
29 VI. Prices and Sizes
33 VII. Uses
37 VIII. Decorations
45 Appendix - Tappetai at Siena
49 Documents
91 Illustrations
145 Unpublished sources
147 Bibliography
153 List of illustrations
154 List of tables
155 Index
165 Photo credits