Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern

by W. A. Hawley

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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ILLUSTRATIONS

Coloured Plates

Plate
I	The Holy Carpet of the Mosque of Ardebil	[Frontispiece] Opposite Page
II	Oushak Carpet	[40]
III	Mosul Rug	[66]
IV	Bergamo Rug	[102]
V	Ghiordes Prayer Rug	[130]
VI	Royal Persian Garden Carpet	Between pages [160 and 161]
VII	Ladik Prayer Rug	[190]
VIII	Soumak Rug	[210]
IX	Samarkand Rug	[240]
X	Kang-hi Rug	[270]
XI	Keen-lung Rug	[300]

Halftone Engravings

Plate	1	Khorassan Rug	[22]
”	2	Meshed Rug	[26]
”	3	Kirman Rug	[30]
”	4	Shiraz Rug	[34]
”	5	Niris Rug	[36]
”	6	Feraghan Rug	[42]
”	7	Feraghan Rug	[46]
”	8	Hamadan Rug	[52]
”	9	Sarouk Rug	[56]
”	10	Sarabend Rug	[58]
”	11	Carpet from Northwestern Persia	[64]
”	12	Carpet from Northwestern Persia	[68]
”	13	Compartment Carpet	[70]
”	14	Persian Animal Carpet	[72]
”	15	Persian Animal Carpet	[76]
”	16	Persian Animal Carpet	[78]
”	17	So-called Polish or Polonaise Carpet	[80]
”	18	So-called Ispahan	[84]
”	19	Armenian Carpet	[86]
”	20	Asia Minor Dragon and Phœnix Carpet	[88]
”	21	Portrait of Georg Gyze by Hans Holbein	[92]
”	22	Oushak Carpet	[94]
”	23	Sehna Rug	[ 98]
		Map of Persia	[104]
”	24	Bijar Rug	[106]
”	25	Kermanshah Rug	[110]
”	26	Kurdistan Rug with Mina Khani Pattern	[114]
”	27	Gorevan Rug	[118]
”	28	Bergamo Prayer Rug	[122]
”	29	Ghiordes Prayer Rug	[126]
”	30	Ghiordes Rug	[132]
”	31	Kulah Prayer Rug	[136]
”	32	Melez Prayer Rug	[140]
”	33	Melez Rug	[144]
”	34	Rhodian Rug	[148]
”	35	Konieh Prayer Rug	[152]
”	36	Kir-Shehr Prayer Rug	[154]
”	E	Primary Border-Stripes of Persian Rugs	[156]
”	F	Secondary Border-Stripes of Persian Rugs	[158]
		Map of Asia Minor	[164]
”	37	Anatolian Prayer Rug	[166]
”	38	Mudjar Prayer Rug	[168]
”	39	Daghestan Prayer Rug	[172]
”	40	Kabistan Rug	[176]
”	41	Kuba Rug	[180]
”	42	Chichi Rug	[184]
”	43	Tcherkess Rug	[188]
”	G	Primary Border-Stripes of Asia Minor Rugs	[192]
”	H	Secondary Border-Stripes of Asia Minor Rugs	[194]
		Map of Caucasia	[198]
”	44	Baku Rug	[200]
”	45	Shirvan Rug	[202]
”	46	Soumak Rug	[204]
”	47	Kazak Prayer Rug	[208]
”	48	Kazak Rug	[212]
”	49	Karabagh Prayer Rug	[214]
”	50	Gengha Prayer Rug	[218]
”	51	Royal Bokhara Rug	[222]
”	52	Princess Bokhara Rug	[224]
”	I	Primary Border-Stripes of Caucasian Rugs	[226]
”	J	Primary Border-Stripes of Caucasian Rugs	[228]
”	K	Secondary Border-Stripes of Caucasian Rugs	[230]
		Map of Turkestan	[234]
”	53	Turkoman Rug with Katchli Pattern	[236]
”	54	Turkoman Rug with Pindé Pattern	[238]
”	55	Turkoman Rug of the Salor Tribes	[244]
”	56	Yomud Rug	[248]
”	L	Primary and Secondary Border-Stripes of Central Asiatic Rugs	[250]
”	57	Beshire Prayer Rug	[254]
”	58	Beshire Rug	[258]
”	59	Afghan Rug	[260]
”	60	Beluchistan Prayer Rug	[264]
”	61	Turkoman Saddle-bags	[268]
”	M	Medallions in Chinese Rugs	[272]
”	N	Primary and Secondary Border-Stripes of Chinese Rugs. 274	[272]
”	62	Srinagar Rug	[278]
”	63	XVIII Century Chinese Rug	[282]
”	64	Keen-lung Rug	[286]
”	65	Keen-lung Rug	[292]
”	66	Kurdish Prayer Kilim	[296]

Black and White Engravings