Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 114
r was more sacred than thegreen, which, though difficult to produce in beautiful tones, theyhave placed in the fields of many of their prayer rugs. To them,also, blue was the emblem of eternity, and in the spandrels abovethe arches it was the symbol of the sky. Though to the Hindooit denotes ill… … Plate 1-t. Persian Animal Carpet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York DESIGNS AND SYMBOLS 73 now lost; but if to an aesthetic taste be added an interest in asymbolism that expresses something of the thought and life of theweaver, we may find in the study of the various designs anothercharm…
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