Oriental carpets, runners and rugs and some Jacquard reproductions .. (1910)
Humphries, Sydney, 1862-1941 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 225
room, but in European rooms with choice paintingson the walls and objets cfart scattered around, the carpet has to acceptthe position of a clever and capable host, who subordinates his personalityand talents to the pleasure of his guests, serving as a foil to the brilliant,and a magnet to draw out… … ■ft n SHAH ABBAS THE GREAT(See Analysis) CHAPTER III CARPETS RUNNERS AND RUGS In Persia you shall finde carpets of course thrummed wooll, the best of the world, andexcellently coloured: those cities and townes you must repaire to, and you must use meanes tolearne all the order of the dying of those…
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834 · `Abbas I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629 · Rugs, Oriental
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