Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern

by W. A. Hawley

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	Introduction	[15]
II	Physical Features and History of Rug-producing Lands	[20]
III	Materials	[30]
IV	Dyeing	[37]
V	Weaving	[44]
VI	Designs and Symbols	[58]
VII	Rug Weaving before the Eighteenth Century	[74]
VIII	Classification of Modern Rugs	[97]
IX	Persian Rugs	[102]
X	Asia Minor Rugs	[163]
XI	Caucasian Rugs	[197]
XII	Central Asiatic Rugs	[233]
XIII	Indian Rugs	[253]
XIV	Chinese Rugs	[263]
XV	Kilims	[276]
XVI	How to Distinguish Rugs	[282]
XVII	Purchasing Rugs	[295]
	Index	[309]

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