Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers (1918)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company; Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company · leaf 205
. The eight Buddhist symbols are: wheel,knot of destiny, canopy, umbrella, lotus bktssom. urn, conch shell,twin fishes. Chinese naturalists divide the animals into five classes, the firstthree of which are headed by fabulous creatures: (1) the hairyanimals headed by the unicorn (kilin); (2) the… … IluU- 1 CUIXKSK RUG OF Till-, K 1 i;X-l,l .\(. Dl NASI* 176 CHINESE AND BOKHARA RUGS The Chinese (h-agoii is a uiii(iue creation. In its archaic form itappears as a huge hzard in old fret borders of rugs. The Imperialdragon has five claws on each of his four feet, and only the Emperorand princes of…
