The mystery of the oriental rug; the mystery of the rug, the prayer rug, some advice to purchasers of oriental rugs (1914)
Lewis, George Griffin, 1865- · Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company · leaf 43
f floral design hangs from the niche, oneither side of which are two columns intended^ no doubt to represent the two large altarcandles of the mosque. Cross panels,either above or below, or both above andbelow the prayer field, are frequentlyfound in many of the Turkish pieces, but seldomin those… … two or more niches, as if intended for a wholefamily. Sometimes the owners name and fre-quently special emblems of local significance areworked into the rug, especially in and aroundthe niche, such for instance as the articles used
Rugs, Oriental
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