Oriental Carpets

About this eBook

Author

Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920

Title

Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Turgut Dincer 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.

39740

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39740

Release Date

May 20, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.COLOUR PLATE I — SECTION OF THE HOLY CARPET OF THE MOSQUE AT ARDEBIL, Size: 34 ft. 6 in. by 17 ft. 6 in. — FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION OF VINCENT ROBINSON & CO., Ltd. , 34 Wigmore Street, London , W., — And Sold by them in 1892 to THE ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON. — ORIENTAL RUGS — ANTIQUE AND MODERN — WALTER A. HAWLEY — PREFACE — CONTENTS — ILLUSTRATIONS — Halftone Engravings — Black and White Engravings — Charts
2. 2.ORIENTAL RUGS — CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER II — PHYSICAL FEATURES AND HISTORY OF THE RUG-PRODUCING LANDS — CHAPTER III — THE MATERIALS — CHAPTER IV — DYEING — COLOUR PLATE II—OUSHAK CARPET — CHAPTER V. — WEAVING — CHAPTER VI — DESIGNS AND SYMBOLS — COLOUR PLATE III—MOSUL RUG — CHAPTER VII — RUG WEAVING BEFORE THE XVIII CENTURY — ANTIQUE PERSIAN CARPETS — CHART INDICATING PERIODS WHEN ANTIQUE CARPETS WERE MADE — CHAPTER VIII — CLASSIFICATION OF MODERN RUGS — GROUP I. PERSIAN. — GROUP II. ASIA MINOR OR TURKISH. — GROUP III. CAUCASIAN. — GROUP IV. CENTRAL ASIATIC. — GROUP V. INDIAN. — GROUP VI. CHINESE. 16 — CHAPTER IX — PERSIAN RUGS — COLOUR PLATE IV—BERGAMO RUG — COLOUR PLATE V—GHIORDES PRAYER RUG — BORDER STRIPES — TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF PERSIAN RUGS — CHAPTER X — ASIA MINOR RUGS — ASIA MINOR BORDER STRIPES — TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF ASIA MINOR RUGS — CHAPTER XI — CAUCASIAN RUGS — COLOUR PLATE VIII—SOUMAK RUG — BORDER STRIPES — TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF CAUCASIAN RUGS — CHAPTER XII — CENTRAL ASIATIC RUGS — COLOUR PLATE IX—SAMARKAND RUG — BORDER STRIPES — PRIMARY STRIPES — SECONDARY STRIPES — TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF CENTRAL ASIATIC RUGS — CHAPTER XIII — INDIAN RUGS — CHAPTER XIV — CHINESE RUGS — COLOUR PLATE X—CHINESE RUG — MEDALLIONS — CHINESE BORDER STRIPES — CHAPTER XV — KILIMS — CHAPTER XVI — HOW TO DISTINGUISH RUGS — CHAPTER XVII — PURCHASING RUGS — COLOUR PLATE XI—CHINESE RUG — FOOTNOTES — INDEX 42

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