Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 166
presentthe tree of life appear almost as conspicuously in the border. There arealso combs, knots of destiny, and innumerable S-forms. The panelsat the upper and lower ends of the field and the reciprocal Vandykesare most suggestive of Ladiks, but in the place of pomegranates at theends of the… … PERSIAN RUGS 103 ferent times was held by Saracens, Seljukian Turks, Timurids, andSafavids; and even after the end of the Safavid dynasty the influ-ence of Nadir Shah was felt over Mesopotamia as well as WesternAfghanistan. A still stronger influence is that of race; for Aryans,Arabs, Armenians,…
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