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 213
an Railway and also by the wandering-tribes of Afghanistan and Belouchistan. The patterns of Bokhararugs are radically different from those of Chinese rugs. They arewithout exception rectilinear, and the favourite motifs are the octagonand other polygonal shapes based on the patterns of… … mr^y. chinesp: and Bokhara rugs The jn-iiK-ipal divisions of tliis oroiip are Royal. Princess, Tekke,Yomud, Afglum, Reloiielie, Eeshir. Piiule. The cliaraeter of the dif-ferent designs is made elear by the accompanying ilhistrations. Thefinest and most exquisite rugs of the Bokhara grouji are tlie…