Oriental rugs, antique and modern . stan Prayer Rug 264 Turkoman Saddle-bags 268 Medallions in Chinese Rugs 272 Primary and Secondary Border-Stripes of Chinese Rugs . 274 Srinagar Rug 278 XVIII Century Chinese Rug 282 Keen-lung Rug 286 Keen-lung Rug 292 Kurdish Prayer Kilim 296 Black and White Engravings Page An Upright Loom 45 Technicalities of Weaving 49 Prayer Arches of Persian, Caucasian, and Central Asiatic Rugs 61 Prayer Arches of Asia Minor Rugs 63 General Designs 291 Charts Periods when Antique Carpets were made 96 Technicalities in the weave of Persian Rugs 161 Technicalities in the w
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . stan Prayer Rug 264 Turkoman Saddle-bags 268 Medallions in Chinese Rugs 272 Primary and Secondary Border-Stripes of Chinese Rugs . 274 Srinagar Rug 278 XVIII Century Chinese Rug 282 Keen-lung Rug 286 Keen-lung Rug 292 Kurdish Prayer Kilim 296 Black and White Engravings Page An Upright Loom 45 Technicalities of Weaving 49 Prayer Arches of Persian, Caucasian, and Central Asiatic Rugs 61 Prayer Arches of Asia Minor Rugs 63 General Designs 291 Charts Periods when Antique Carpets were made 96 Technicalities in the weave of Persian Rugs 161 Technicalities in the weave of Persian Rugs 162 Technicalities in the weave of Asia Minor Rugs 196 Technicalities in the weave of Caucasian Rugs 232 Technicalities in the weave of Central Asiatic Rugs 252 Plate 54 j> 55 >> 56 >> L >> 57 )» 58 5 J 59 >> 60 >> 61 >> M 5> N >> 62 >» 63 »» 64 »» 65 >> 66 Plate A >j B >> C >» D >> 0 ORIENTAL RUGS ANTIQUE AND MODERN ORIENTAL RUGS. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION T is not altogether surprising that in a mostmaterialistic age many of a race distinguishedmore for its utilitarian than artistic accom-plishments should fail to see in Oriental carpetshigh artistic expression; yet during the lasttwenty years choice specimens have been soldfor sums which not only are very large, butshow a tendency to increase with each suc-ceeding year. In 1893 a woollen rug, known as the Ardebil carpetand regarded, on account of its beautiful designs and exquisitecolours, as one of the finest products of Oriental art, was purchasedfor the South Kensington Museum. Since it had a length of thirty-four and a half feet with a breadth of seventeen and a half, theprice of £2500, which was the sum paid, was at the rate of twentydollars per square foot. At an auction sale in New York in 1910,*a woollen rug five and a half feet long by three and three quarterswide was sold for the sum of $10,200, or at the rate of fo
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