Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 138
ifference in size and proportions is notgreat; nor is there any particular difference in the number of ani-mals; nor in the balanced relation of upper and lower, right andleft halves; nor in the red ground of the main fields. But here theresemblance ends. Whereas in the former the animals are one… … Plate 19. Armenian Carpet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York EARLY RUG WEAVING 87 a transition from the animal rugs, so prominent in the early part ofthe XVI Century but rarely woven later than its end, to the moreelegant pieces, so characteristic of the court of Ispahan, which be-long…
Rugs, Oriental
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