Antique Tabriz Silk Rug

About this eBook

Author

Holt, Rosa Belle

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Rugs, Oriental

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30025

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30025

Release Date

September 19, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ROSA BELLE HOLT — ANTIQUE TABRIZ SILK RUG
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF PLATES
5. 5.RUGS
6. 6.HISTORY AND DETAILS OF RUG-WEAVING
7. 7.RUGS — ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL ANTIQUE AND MODERN
8. 8.I — THE HISTORY AND DETAILS OF RUG-WEAVING — The History — The Loom and Its Work — The Weavers — The Materials — SOUMAK RUG — The Quality — The Knotting — SINNA RUG — Designs — The Dyes — Oriental Colors
9. 9.II — RUG-WEAVING IN EGYPT, PERSIA, AND TURKEY — Rug-Weaving in Egypt — Persian Rugs — ANTIQUE PERSIAN RUG — KHORASSAN RUG — Characteristics of Certain Persian Rugs — BIJAR (SARAKHS) RUG — CAMEL'S HAIR RUG FROM HAMADAN — FERAGHAN RUG — SHIRAZ RUG — ARABIAN RUG — Turkish Rugs — Characteristics of Certain Turkish Rugs — OLD GHIORDES PRAYER RUG — INDIAN PRAYER RUG
10. 10.III — RUG-WEAVING IN INDIA, AFGHANISTAN, BELUCHISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, AND THE CAUSCASUS REGION — Indian Rugs — Characteristics of Certain Indian Rugs — AFGHANISTAN RUG — Afghanistan Rugs — Beluchistan Rugs — CENTRAL ASIA — Turkoman Rugs — TEKKÉ-TURKOMAN OR "BOKHARA" RUG — Characteristics of Certain Turkoman Rugs — SAMARKAND RUG — Caucasian Rugs — DAGHESTAN RUG — KAZAK RUG
11. 11.IV — MISCELLANEOUS ORIENTAL RUGS — Rugs of the Holy Land — Chinese Rugs — ANTIQUE CHINESE WOOL RUG — Japanese Rugs — KHILIM RUG — Khilim Rugs — Written also Ghileem, Kelim, Kilim — Polish Rugs — Prayer Rugs — OLD KIRMAN PRAYER RUG — OLD ANATOLIAN PRAYER RUG — Silk Rugs — PERSIAN SILK RUG
12. 12.FELT RUGS — DERBENT RUG — Hunting Rugs
13. 13.V — RUG-WEAVING IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES — Greek Rugs — Moorish and Spanish Rugs — Bosnian, Servian, Roumanian, and Bulgarian Rugs — English Rugs — French Rugs — The United States — NAVAJO RUG
14. 14.VI — MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION — Inscriptions on Rugs — Oriental Symbols — ANTIQUE PERSIAN RUG — Chinese Symbols — Egyptian Symbols — Indian Symbols — Japanese Symbols — Persian Symbols — Turkish Symbols — Miscellaneous Symbols — Meanings of Some of the Place-Names Associated with Rugs — Geographical Data — LOCALITIES ARRANGED GEOGRAPHICALLY — REGIONS — DISTRICTS AND TOWNS — LOCALITIES ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY — LIST OF AUTHORITIES
15. 15.INDEX — FOOTNOTES — THE END

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