Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 240
rsians, before the weavers were corrupted by a spirit of commer-cialism. Those which are exported to-day are of little artistic value,are poorly coloured, and carelessly woven. The patterns are inferiorcopies of other well-known classes. Serapis. — The rugs known as Serapis are named after the… … Plate 34. Rhodian Rug PERSIAN RUGS 149 they are of similar shape and have similar finish of sides and ends,yet as a rule they are better woven. Many of them follow the samepatterns of concentric medallions, but the lines of others are moreartistically drawn. Although the borders lack the gracefully…
Rugs, Oriental
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