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 47
ypes; and, once know^n, they make a fairfoundation of knowledge for the collector.They are often truer and safer guides toclassification than are the designs of centreor field. Indeed, the study of borders,inner, middle, and outer borders, andborders characteristic, modified, or excep-tional would… … MAKING, DESIGNS, BORDERS 29 patterns in field and border is so involvedwith verbal description and specificationin the various classes of rugs that an at-tempt at complete pictorial illustration ofsuch figures in their proper place is prac-tically impossible. A few reproductionsare shown in this…
Rugs, Oriental · Carpets · Collectors and collecting
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