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Oriental rugs, antique and modern (1922)

Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 282

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t tones the subdued richness of the groundcolours. Sometimes, however, these simple field designs are re-placed by more formal drawings that represent a plat of land witha tomb shaded by a tall cypress and other trees with many leafybranches. Rugs with these designs are not uncommon in… … Plate 39. Daghestan Prayer Rug ASIA MINOR RUGS 173 guishing features are in the borders, which are invariably of severalstripes. Instead of the large central stripe with floral and repetitivedesigns common to most rugs is a series of parallel bands, from fiveto ten in number and about an inch in…

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