Oriental rugs : antique and modern

Name/Title

Oriental rugs : antique and modern

Entry/Object ID

NK2808.H3 1970

Collection

Elizabeth Sweetheart Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

oriental rugs, rugs--oriental

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Walter A. Hawley

Publisher

Tudor Publishing Company

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1937

Notes

Length: 320

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Physical features and history of rug-producing lands -- Materials -- Dyeing -- Weaving -- Designs and symbols -- Rug weaving before the Eighteenth Century -- Classification of modern rugs -- Persian rugs -- Asia minor rugs -- Caucasian rugs -- Central asiatic rugs -- Indian rugs -- Chinese rugs -- Kilims -- How to distinguish rugs -- Purchasing rugs.