Home furnishing; facts and figures about furniture, carpets and rugs, lamps and lighting fixtures, wall papers, window shades and draperies, tapestries, etc. (1913)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane Company · leaf 46
Sultan of Turkey overran the land. Thenthe rug went to Constantinople to adorn the pal-ace of the Sultan, whence it was secretly takenby an escaping slave and sold for thrice fivethousand francs to a rich rug merchant whosaw at once its extraordinary preciousness. Now what am I offered for this… … I. A superb Daghcstan, 6 feet by 4 feet 6, at $165. PUBLIC L,B«ARy HOME FURNISHING 31 body buys the pearl of pearls for five or six hun-dred dollars, making glad the heart of the itin-erant auctioneer, because he has doubled hismoney. Not all rug auctions are faked or even faky.This is the regular…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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