Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 444
s belong. An important distinction, forinstance, often exists in the manner in which the material is spun.If pieces of yarn be taken from old rugs and carefully examined, asthey are untwisted, the simpler, cruder methods of spinning practisedin former days are often apparent. In some of the oldest… … Plate 60. Beluchistan Prayer Rug CHINESE RUGS 265 than either design or technical peculiarities of weaving, is the shadeof colour; for however excellent were the original dyes and whatevercare was exercised in their application, they slowly changed under themellowing influence of time to tones that…
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