Art panels from the hand looms of the far Orient, as seen by a native rug weaver (1902)
Pushman, Garabed T. (Garabed Thomas), b. 1869 · Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & sons company · leaf 19
Both warp and weft are cotton, and the wool used for thepile is rather harsh to the touch. In texture they are of medium thickness, but wovenextremely firm and close, and yet with all the disadvantagesabove pointed out, some rather old specimens of Tabrizrugs come to this market once in a while… … PERSIAN SILK 18 KERMAN An average observer, not acquainted much with designsof Persian rugs, on seeing an old typical Kerman rug wouldhastily jump at the conclusion that it is an imitation ofFrench ideas for pattern ; yet Kerman, the capital of oneof the extreme southern provinces of Persia, where…
Rugs, Oriental
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