Hand-loom weaving; a manual for school and home (1902)
Todd, Mattie Phipps · Chicago [etc.] : Rand, McNally & company · leaf 127
V1NG edict from the Koran having prohibited the reproduction of living things. The Per- sians, however, weave animals, birds, etc., as their ancestors did in days gone by. There is some very interesting reading in "Oriental Rug Weaving," by V. Kurdji, Inscrip- tions on on the subject of… … edge would add a charm and interest wrhich would make them more valuable than the harmonious colors so beautifully blended." Oriental rugs take their names from the countries or provinces in which they are made. Bokhara rugs are made in moun- Bokhara rugs tainous districts of Turkestan, and have…
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