Rugs, oriental and occidental, antique and modern. A handbook for ready reference (1901)
Holt, Rosa Belle · Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. · leaf 213
enormous size, and themarvelous sheen and good preservation of the rugrender it a choice specimen. The texture is like velvetin its softness, the Persian knotting is firm, and theshadings of green, rose, blue, yellow, purple, violet,and red all blend in perfect harmony. The pile is even,and the… … Rug-Weaving in the Occident ^°9 delighted especially in displaying the acanthus in variedconventional forms. Every rug he designed bearswitness to his enthusiasm for harmony. Too aesthetic,some critics declare him to have been; but no one candeny the importance of his creations, for Englandneeded…
Rugs · Rugs, Oriental
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