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 62
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… … No. 1.5. MESHED PRAYER RUG (Persian)Tree of Life Design 56 MYSTERY OF THE ORIENTAL RUG their rugs chemically washed in a solution ofchloride of lime. Some time ago the writerinspected the large stock of a prominent NewYork importer and, before leaving, congratu-lated him upon the large number of…
Rugs, Oriental
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