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 47
of plain red or with blue stripes. The most favoritepattern of a Yamoud for the center of the rug, however, isa great number of diamond-shaped figures of different sizesdistributed on a field of dark maroon, with dark blue andbrown color predominating in the figures. The quality of wool and dyes… … FERAGHAN46 AFGHAN, OR KHIVA Afghan rugs are also often called Khiva in thiscountry, perhaps for the reason that Khiva is one of theprincipal cities in the province of Bokhara, from whichthose rugs come. Although, judging from the name, onewould naturally think that Afghan rugs come from…
Rugs, Oriental
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