ab, Warangal,
Mirzapur and Elura; those from Yarkand exhibit Tatar and Chinese
influences. (19) _A History of Oriental Carpets before 1800_, by F.R.
Martin, published by the State Printing Office in Vienna (Bernard
Quaritch, London, 1906). This contains a series of excellent
reproductions in colours of Oriental carpets, many of which, being
presents to kings of Sweden by the shah of Persia in the 17th century,
are to be seen in the castles of Stockholm and Copenhagen--others are
in the Imperial Museum at Constantinople or belong to private owners.
(A. S. C.)

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The _tapissiers sarrasinois_ were apparently the makers of piled
or velvety carpets, and have always been written about in
contradistinction to the _tapissiers de haute lisse_ or _tapissiers
nostrez_, who it appears did not weave piled or velvety material, but
made tapestry-woven hangings and coverings for furniture.

[2] In Hakluyt's _Voyages_ mention is made of directions having been
given to Morgan Hubblethorne, a dyer, to proceed (about 1579) to
Persia to learn the arts of dyeing and of making carpets.

[3] The Royal Factory at Lahore was established by Akbar the Great in
the 16th century.

[4] A wealthy serge-maker of Swiss nationality, who had been settled
for some years in Exeter, and bought up the plant of Parisot's Exeter
works. (See _Bulletin de la societe de l'histoire de l'art francais_,
p. 97, vol. 1875 to 1878.)

CARPET-BAGGER, a political slang term for a person who stands as a
candidate for election in a locality in which he is a stranger. It is
particularly used of such a candidate sent down by the central party
organization. The term was first used in the western states of America
of speculative bankers who were said to have started business with no
other property than what they could carry in a carpet-bag, and absconded
when they failed. The term became of general use in American politics in
the reconstruction period after the Civil War, as a term of contempt for
the northern political adventurers in the South who, by the help of the
negro vote, gained control of the administration.

CARPET-KNIGHT, properly one who has been knighted in time of peace on
the carpet before the king's throne, and not on the field of battle as
an immediate reward for valour. It is used as a term of reproach for a
soldier who stays at home, and avoids active ser