The Practical Book Of Oriental Rugs

About this eBook

Author

G. Griffin Lewis

Title

The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Matthias Grammel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Language

English

Subject

Rugs, Oriental

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54196

Release Date

February 19, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF ORIENTAL RUGS — PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION — PREFACE — TABLE OF CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — INTRODUCTION — PART I — The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs — COST AND TARIFF — DEALERS AND AUCTIONS — ANTIQUES — ADVICE TO BUYERS — THE HYGIENE OF THE RUG — THE CARE OF RUGS — THE MATERIAL OF RUGS — DYES AND DYERS — WEAVING AND WEAVERS — DESIGNS AND THEIR SYMBOLISM — THE IDENTIFICATION OF RUGS — A FEW CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF CERTAIN RUGS — ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BACKS OF SOME RUGS SHOWING THEIR CHARACTERISTIC WEAVES — CHART SHOWING THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE DIFFERENT RUGS (part 1) — CHART SHOWING THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE DIFFERENT RUGS (part 2) — PART II — GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
2. 2.THE PERSIAN CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION — PERSIAN RUG PROVINCES — HEREZ — BAKHSHIS — GOREVAN — SERAPI — KARA DAGH — KASHAN — SOUJ BULAK — TABRIZ — BIJAR — KERMANSHAH (MODERN) — SENNA — FERAGHAN — HAMADAN — ISPAHAN — JOSHAGHAN — SARABAND — SARUK — SULTANABAD — NIRIS — SHIRAZ — HERAT — KHORASAN — MESHED — KIRMAN — KURDISTAN PROPER
3. 3.THE TURKISH CLASSIFICATION — KIR SHEHR — OUSHAK — KARAMAN — KONIEH — MUJUR — LADIK — YURUK — AK HISSAR — ANATOLIAN PROPER — BERGAMA — GHIORDES — KULAH — MELES — MAKRI — SMYRNA — MOSUL
4. 4.THE CAUCASIAN CLASSIFICATION — DAGHESTAN — DERBEND — KABISTAN — TCHETCHEN — BAKU — SHEMAKHA — SHIRVAN — GENGHIS — KARABAGH — KAZAK — THE TURKOMAN CLASSIFICATION — KHIVA BOKHARA — BESHIR — TEKKE BOKHARA — YOMUD — KASHGAR — YARKAND — SAMARKAND — THE BELUCHISTAN RUGS — BELUCHISTAN — CHINESE RUGS
5. 5.CHINA — GHILEEMS, SILKS, AND FELTS — GHILEEMS — SENNA GHILEEM — ANATOLIAN GHILEEM — KIS GHILEEM — SHIRVAN GHILEEM — KURDISH GHILEEM — MERVE GHILEEM — SILK RUGS — FELT RUGS — CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO THEIR INTENDED USE — PRAYER RUGS (NAMAZLIK) — HEARTH RUGS (ODJAKLIK) — GRAVE RUGS (TURBEHLIK) — DOWRY OR WEDDING RUGS (KIS GHILEEM) — MOSQUE OR MECCA RUGS — BATH RUGS (HAMMANLIK) — PILLOW CASES (YESTEKLIK) — SAMPLE CORNERS — SADDLE BAGS (HEHBELIK) — SADDLE COVER (SEMERLIK) — FLOOR COVERINGS — RUNNERS (KENNAR) — HANGINGS (BERDELIK) — FAMOUS RUGS — FAMOUS RUGS — GLOSSARY [C] — BIBLIOGRAPHY — Index

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