Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 124
the mainstripe of the border which resemble the foliate forms as they appearin Chinese rugs and porcelains of the late Ming and Kang-hi periods,are Mongolian. The combination of these characteristics indicatesthat it was made in the most northwesterly part of Persia where in1258 Hulaku Khan… … Plate 1(5. Persian Animal Carpet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York EARLY RUG WEAVING 79 Timurids. In fact, it may be even older, since those graceful linesthat belong to the highest art of a subsequent period are entirelylacking. But in the drawing is strength, and in the colours, a fewof…
Rugs, Oriental
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