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The oriental rug; a monograph on eastern rugs and carpets, saddle-bags, mats & pillows, with a consideration of kinds and classes, types borders, figures, dyes, symbols, etc., together with some practical advice to collectors (1909)

Ellwanger, William De Lancey, 1854-1913 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 130

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