Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 110
n this work it will be called the Pear,the name now generally applied to it. In the course of the manycenturies that have elapsed since its origin, and in its migrationthrough India, Persia, Turkestan, Caucasia, and Asia Minor, it hasadopted more strange shapes than any other device. In the rugsof… … Plate 13. Compartment Carpet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York DESIGNS AND SYMBOLS 71 ornate. Though its origin is hidden in the mists of the past, whenits antiquity is considered, and also the devotion of the early racesto the glowing orb of the sun and to terrestrial fires, it is not…
Rugs, Oriental
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