Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 354
the Shirvans lacks something of the refinement observablein the Daghestans. The oldest existing Shirvans are absorbingly interesting. Inthem the foliate forms are more noticeable than in almost anyother Caucasian rugs, though they may in a measure be disguisedby formal treatment. Sometimes they… … Plate 48. Kazak Rug CAUCASIAN RUGS 213 The patterns of the more modern rugs have become corrupted intoa mere mechanical copying of conventional forms lacking all artisticspirit. Some of them resemble those found in both Daghestans andKabistans, but generally the designs are drawn less clearly in…
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