Oriental rugs, antique and modern

Asia has been the cradle from which has come the highest expression of many forms of artistic achievement,and that the Western mind is now assigning to its woven fabrics their proper place in the galleries of art, we may begin the study of Oriental rugs with the assurance that the further it is pursued the greater will be the appreciation and delight. It will take us among strange and interesting people, and over fields that were historic grounds before the walls of Rome were built. It will lead beyond the dome of St. Sophia to the land of the Arabian tales, where the splendour of former days is reflected in tomb and mosque,and where, perhaps, when the Western world grows old, there will rise again from crumbling ruins another nation that will revive the poetic and artistic genius of the East with all the majesty and creative power of the past.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II - PHYSICAL FEATURES AND HISTORY OF THE RUG-PRODUCING LANDS

CHAPTER III - THE MATERIALS

CHAPTER IV - DYEING

CHAPTER V - WEAVING

CHAPTER VI - DESIGNS AND SYMBOLS

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