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 61
No. 14. MELF.S PRAYER RUG (Turkish) 54 MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL RUG Frequently dealers mark rugs according totheir attractiveness in designs and colors in-stead of according to their real worth from astandpoint of materials, dyes and workmanship.Therefore, one who is a connoisseur may fre-quently… … The average buyer, however, will, nine timesout of ten, select the doctored pieces and passover the honest ones, as they are somewhatbrighter and do not appeal to his artistic tasteas much as do the ones whose colors have beenartificially subdued. Realizing this fact, thegreat majority of importers…
Rugs, Oriental
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