Oriental Rugs and Carpets |
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CHAPTER PAGE I RUGS HAVE A BEGINNING I | 1 |
RUGS OF KINGS CALIPHS AND SHAHS | 9 |
PERSIAS GREAT RUGS | 53 |
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1817 LIBRARIES ancient animal rugs arabesques Ardabil art of rugs artists Bakshis beauty Bijar Birjand blue Bokhara border caliphs called carpets Caucasian CHIGAN Chinese rugs color Constantinople court created decoration display dragon dynasty employed Ersari famous feet Feraghan finest floral flowers forms G. P. Putnam's Sons garden Ghiordes gold Hamadan Herat hundred India Ispahan Joshaghan Kashan Kashgar Kerman Kermanshah Khan Khorassan Khotan King knots looms magnificent Meshed Metropolitan Museum MICHIGAN Mohammed Mosque motives mountains Museum of Art nomad numerous octagon oriental rugs ornament painting palace palmettes pattern Persian rugs PLATE Prayer Rug rug art rug weaving Samarkand Saruk Saryk Sehna Seventeenth Century Shah Abbas sheep Shiraz silk rugs silver Sixteenth Century Sultan Sultanabad Tabriz Tahmasp tapestry Tekke texture thousand to-day trees tribes Turkestan Turkey Turkish Turkish rugs Turkoman Turks UNIV Uzun Hasan variety vase warp weavers weft Western wool woven yarn Yomut