Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 456
ap discloses tJie faithfulness with which an artist of no ordinary ability has represented plants and flowers. Their soft tones stand out in relief against a background now darkened and enriched by the mellowing influence of time. Moreover, the motives of the upper and the lower half of the field,… … CHINESE RUGS 271 as chrysanthemums, peonies, sunflowers, and orchids, are mostdainty and naturalistic. The fields of many of these pieces arecovered with such flowers carefully arranged in harmonious group-ings of leaf, bud and flower, but never with the formal and exactbalance of old Persian…
Rugs, Oriental
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