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Title: Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern
A Handbook for Ready Reference

Author: Rosa Belle Holt

Release Date: September 19, 2009 [EBook #30025]

Language: English

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ANTIQUE TABRIZ SILK RUG

SIZE 8 x 6.3

_This interesting and valuable rug is of antique Tabriz weave, of finely
blended colors, and rare design. It represents the individual squares on
the floor of a mosque, each one of which may be occupied by a worshipper
kneeling in prayer. Rugs with a single design of this kind are usual,
but a grouping of many such spaces in one rug is rare. Forms of the Tree
of Life are represented in different panels, and the border is very rich
and handsome. The fabric is fine, the texture soft and firm. The rich
and splendid hues of the various panels are so soft in tone that, while
there are several different colors in juxtaposition, these have been
arranged so deftly and artistically that the effect is perfectly
harmonious. It is impossible to describe in words the mellow richness
and rare art displayed in this unique product of the loom._

OWNED BY MRS. L. G. BURNHAM, BOSTON.

RUGS

ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL ANTIQUE & MODERN

_A Handbook for Ready Reference_

BY

ROSA BELLE HOLT

New and Enlarged Edition, Entirely Reset

_With 33 full-page Illustrations, 12 in full color, and other drawings
in the text, and a Map of the Orient_

CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1908

COPYRIGHT

A. C. MCCLURG & CO.

1901-1908

This Enlarged Edition published October 10, 1908

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

PREFACE

TO NEW ENLARGED EDITION

When the first edition of this book was published in 1901, it stood
almost alone as a reference work on Oriental Rugs. In the six years
which have since elapsed, several volumes dealing with the subject have
been published.

The extended knowledge of the public c