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 45
^^hile the weaver is workingwith his brains as well as with his fingersand keeping true to the design and colourscheme which he carries only in his head.Except in the few inten-tioned copies, specially made,they had formerly no pat-terns to follow. Each par-ticular weaver, however,was wont to keep… … MAKING, DESIGNS, BORDERS 27 selves, stamped the localityof their weavers. Later, asknow^ledge and civilizationspread and tribe grew to communi-cate with tribe and nation withnation, local designs came to beused indiscriminately. For exam-ple, you will find in the semi-antique Feraghans or Shiraz,…
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