Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 344
a double overcasting, but occasionallya double selvage of two or three cords. Both ends, a web, one row ofknots or more, and a warp fringe. Texture, moderately firm. Weaveat back is of medium grain. Usual length, four and one half to sixand one half feet. Usual width, five eighths to three quarters… … Plate 47. Kazak Prayer Rug CAUCASIAN RUGS 209 people known to the western world as Circassians. In their own landthey are called Tcher-Kesses, a Tartar term for cutter of roadsor highwaymen; and they have been in the habit of speaking of them-selves as Adighies or Nobles. In fact, there has been no…
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