Inside Out Library · Explore

Rugs in their native land (1916)

Norton, Edith Eliza (Ames), Mrs., 1864- · New York, Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 215

An illustration from Rugs in their native land, 1916, leaf 215
lvedge is always in thekelim stitch. They have the striped webend and the long fringe of goats hair pe-culiar to the rugs made in this region.The Afghan Bokharas are heavy carpetscontaining the Bokhara octagon much en-larged, set in the red field with no smalldesigns to fill in the background.… … Senne Kelim CARPET RUGS 133 easily mistaken for the real ones; but aclose examination will reveal the difference,as they are of much coarser weave, theoctagonal design is softened and not soclosely followed, and sometimes animalforms are introduced into the field andborder. A variety of these…

Rugs, Oriental

Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Rugs in their native land

More like this