THE EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATED

COLOR PLATES

with accompanying descriptions at pages [94] and [144].

DOUBLETONE (page [272])

The field design is known as the Palace or Sunburst. It is common in the Kazaks and Shirvans, but never used in any other rugs. This piece shows the most common form of Kazak with the Palace design in the centre and the Crab border, on each side of which is the reciprocal saw-teeth.

BESHIR BOKHARA PRAYER RUG.
PROPERTY OF LIBERTY & CO., LONDON, ENGLAND

Quite dissimilar to any other form of prayer rug although the niche resembles very closely that of the Meles. The designs are unlike those used in the other Turkoman products and the color combination is quite pleasing. This piece is evidently of some age as the woof threads in the lower end are gone, leaving a fringe of loose warp threads instead of a variegated webbing as on the other end.

(See page [280])