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How to know oriental rugs, a handbook (1904)

Langton, Mary Beach · New York : D. Appleton and Company · leaf 218

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taken, and thousands of their numbersmurdered, were turbulent, restless rob-bers, who, fortifying themselves withintheir rectangular-walled forts, made raids for plunder and slaves uponall the surrounding country, especiallyupon Persia. But to-day, awed byRussian power, they seem content togive up… … BOKHARA Loaned by Mr. Joseph F. Langtorii St. Paul, Minn. Turkoman Bugs hung with bright carpets and with afire in the center; and still continue towear the same striking costumes ofwhite cotton and colored silk, withlarge brown sheepskin bonnets; andstill retain their cruel, untruthful,…

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