Lewis, G. Griffin (George Griffin), b. 1865 · Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 236
and the durabilityof its wood, is also a very practical symbol of the 136 MOSUL RUG BY COUBTEST OP HARDWICK & MAGEE COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA A superb example of this particulax type of rug. Woven by awild, nomadic tribe, it reflects in its daring of design and color com-bination the nature of the… … DESIGNS AND THEIR SYMBOLISM life to come. It is an Oriental custom to plantcypress trees on the graves of the dead, to placeits twigs in the cofiBns of the dead, and to useits branches to indicate the houses of mourning.(See frontispiece and doubletone at p. 99.) InIndia the cocoanut palm is…
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