Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 392
most beautiful of the Central Asiatic rugs. Though the Turko-Chinese rugs are made in places subject tothe influence of Turkomans and far removed from the culture ofChinese, they are unlike the rugs of the former and resemble those ofthe latter. Not improbably this is because Tamerlane had… … CENTRAL ASIATIC RUGS 235 modern rugs, even though falling far short of the standard of theirearly prototypes, more closely resemble them than they do any otherrugs of Asia. In these pieces Turkoman simplicity of geometricfigures is replaced by an elaboration of conventional floral forms andby…
Rugs, Oriental
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