The book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian : concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East (1871)
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323, Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · London : John Murray · leaf 273
of very short pile, very even and dense; the design unlike any othercarpet I have seen; a combination of vases, birds, and floral tracery,closely resembling the illuminated frontispiece of some Persian MSS. The shawls are inferior to those of Kashmir in fineness, but not incolour. In 1850, their… … Texture, with Animals, &c., from a Cashmere Scarf in the India Museum. Chap. XVIII. THE CITY OF CAMAUI. 91 Amritsar, where it is mixed with the genuine Tibetan wool in the shawlmanufacture. The silk embroidery, of which Marco speaks, is still per-formed with great skill and beauty at Kerman.…
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Voyages and travels · Mongols · Early maps · Inscriptions, Chinese
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