Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretonnes, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers (1918)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company; Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks company · leaf 205
hare, thedragon, the serpent, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the cat, the dog,the bear, the rat. Important to the student and the dealer in Chinese rugs is aknowledge of Chinese colour symbolism, black standing for water,mercury, iron, etc.; green for wood, tin, etc. Colours Elements Metals… … Ph CHINESE AND BOKHARA RUGS The warp of Chinese rugs is almost always of cotton. Conse-quently the end selvages and the fringes are unimportant, as cottondoes not make interesting selvages or fringes. Of course some of thevery finest rugs, those with woollen as well as those with silk pile havea…
Embroidery · Tapestry · Textile fabrics · Lace and lace making · Wallpaper · Decoration and ornament
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