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Murray Lee Eiland Jr.
Born	(1936-09-09) September 9, 1936 Taft, California, U.S.A.
Alma mater	UCLA UC Berkeley UCSF
Notable works	Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide Between the Black Desert and the Red
Children	Murray Lee Eiland III

Murray Lee Eiland Jr. (born September 9, 1936) is an author, scholar and researcher specializing in ancient oriental rugs. He is the author of over 20 books, particularly focusing on the study of carpets from Arabian Peninsula, China, Iran, Turkestan and the Caucasus region. Eiland Jr. is one of the contributors of the Encyclopædia Britannica as well.

His book entitled "Oriental Carpets: A Complete Guide" (1998), which is written with Murray Lee Eiland III, documents and describes traditional techniques, designs and materials used in XIXᵗʰ and XXᵗʰ century rugs of the Middle and Far East.

Early life, education and career

Eiland was born on September 9, 1936 in Taft, CA.

From 1954 to 1957 he attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Then, in 1958 he attended the University of California, Berkley (UC Berkeley). In 1961 he received his M.D. degree at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Since 1974, he has been the President of Oriental Rug Co., Inc. From 1965 to 2000 he worked at Napa State Hospital from 1965-2000, and then at Contra Costa County Mental Health Clinic from 2000-2011. Eliand is a full member of American Psychiatric Association, California Medical Association, Northern California Psychiatric Association and Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Bibliography

Selected works

• Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1973). Oriental Rugs: A Comprehensive Guide (1 ed.). Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society. ISBN 978-0-8212-0643-0.
• Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1976). Oriental Rugs: A Comprehensive Guide (2 ed.). Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society. ISBN 978-0821206430.
• Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1979). Chinese and Exotic Rugs (1 ed.). Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society. ISBN 978-0821207451.
• Der Manuelian, Lucy; Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1984). Weavers, Merchants, and Kings: The Inscribed Rugs of Armenia. Fort Worth, Texas: Kimbell Art Museum. ISBN 978-0912804170.
• Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1990). Oriental Rugs from Pacific Collections. San Francisco, CA: Bay Area Rug Society. ISBN 978-0295972077.
• Dodds, Dennis; Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1996). Oriental Rugs from Atlantic Collections. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Eighth ICOC. ISBN 978-1889666020.
• Eilland, Murray L. Jr.; Eilland, Murray III (1998). Oriental Rugs - A Complete Guide (revised ed.). London: Callmann & King Ltd. ISBN 978-0821225486.
• Pinner, Robert; Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1999). Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies: The Salting Carpets. San Francisco: International Conference on Oriental Carpets. ISBN 978-1889666051.
• Pinner, Robert; Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (1999). Between the Black Desert and the Red, Turkmen Carpets from the Wiedersperg Collection. San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museum. ISBN 0884010996.
• Eiland, Murray L. Jr. (2002). Passages: Celebrating Rites of Passage in Inscribed Armenian Rugs. Armenian Rugs Society (2002). ISBN 978-0972115902.

Articles

Turkomans and Scholarship, by Dr. Murray L. Eiland, Jr., Vol. 8/2

Themes in Afshar Weaving, by Murray Eiland, Review of an exhibition at Adraskand, Vol. 8/3

Book Review, Oriental Carpets in The Philadelphia Museum of Art, by Charles Grant Ellis, Reviewed by Murray L. Eiland, Jr., Vol. 8, No. 4, p. 45

A Look at the Word Tribal, by Murray L. Eiland, A warning about using rug labels, Vol. 9/5

Tibetan Rugs at Adraskand, exhibition review by Murray L. Eiland, Jr., Thought-provoking, immensely satisfying exhibit, Vol. 11/6

The Pregnant Boteh, exhibition review by Murray L. Eiland, Jr, #125, Vol. 16/2

Book reviews

Eiland, Murray, Review of The Goddess from Anatolia, James Mellaart, Belkis Balpinar and Udo Hirsch, in Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 10, No. 6 (August/September 1990)

A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art, Oriental Rug Review 15:1, 1994, 42-46

Conference presentations

The Earliest Suviving Turkish Carpets. II International Conference on Turkish & Central Asian Carpets, Istanbul, Turkey. 14–17 October 1994.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)

Speculations Around the Origin of Rug Weaving in Tibet. 10th Textile Museum Rug Convention. November 9–11, 1984.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: location (link)

The Development of Village and Nomad Rug Designs. The exhibition A Weaver's Art May Fine at Arts Museums of San Francisco. 1979.

Comments on the Origin of Safavid Carpets. V International Congress of Iranian Art & Archaeology, Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz. April 11–18, 1968.{{cite conference}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)

Encyclopædia Britannica

Eiland, Murray L. "Rug and carpet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. {{cite encyclopedia}}: External link in |editor-link= (help)

Fiction books

• The Sword of Telemon (The Orfeo Saga, #1), ISBN 978-1517042226
• The Emperor of Babylon (The Orfeo Saga, #2) ISBN 978-1518633072
• The Ishtar Cup (Bart Northcote, #1) ISBN 9781517362287
• A Search for Family (Bart Northcote, #2) ISBN 978-1522729495
• A New Family (Bart Northcote, #3) ISBN 978-1530056385
• The Wanderer's Last Journey (The Orfeo Saga, #4) ISBN 978-1519655790
• The Raid on Troy (The Orfeo Saga, # 7) ISBN 978-1545014035
• Zurga's Fire (The Orfeo Saga, #3) ISBN 978-1519278364
• Return to Babylon (The Orfeo Saga, #5) ISBN 978-1537090535
• The Slave Boy (The Orfeo Saga, #6) ISBN 978-1543198492
• Winchester's Bargain (Bart Northcote, #4) ISBN 978-1537783895

Further reading

• "Chinese and Exotic Rugs (book review)". Antique Journal: p. 43. December 1980. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help)
• Hausman, Patricia R. (January 15, 1980). "Chinese and Exotic Rugs (book review)". Library Journal: p.192. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help)