Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 117
Plate 1-t. Persian Animal Carpet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York DESIGNS AND SYMBOLS 73 now lost; but if to an aesthetic taste be added an interest in asymbolism that expresses something of the thought and life of theweaver, we may find in the study of the various designs anothercharm… … CHAPTER VII RUG WEAVING BEFORE THE XVIII CENTURY I HE RE are no records to definitely indicatein what land the art of rug weaving origi-nated, or to disprove that it developed in-dependently in different lands. It wouldbe unreasonable, then, to assume that rugswere not woven in northern regions as…
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