Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern / A Handbook for Ready Reference
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- RUGS
- ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL ANTIQUE & MODERN
- A Handbook for Ready Reference
- ROSA BELLE HOLT
- ANTIQUE TABRIZ SILK RUG
- PREFACE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES
- RUGS
- I HISTORY AND DETAILS OF RUG-WEAVING
- RUGS
- ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTAL ANTIQUE AND MODERN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- FELT RUGS
- DERBENT RUG
- Hunting Rugs
- 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
- 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
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES
- THE END
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