The Oriental Rug Book

absolute ancient antique Asia Minor AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION beads beautiful belief Benguiat blue Bokhara Bokhara rugs border designs border stripes Buddha Buddhist caravans carpets Caucasian Caucasus centuries China Chinese colour conventionalized copied in rugs Daghestan decoration district divisions dragon earth East emblems fabrics Facing field floral flower forms geometric Ghiordes GHIORDEZ RUG Hadji Ephraim Benguiat Hindu ideas Indian influence Ispahan Kaaba Khiva Kirman knots Kulah rugs Ladik looms lotus materials Mecca Melhaz methods migration modern Mohammedan Mongolian mosque motifs mountain native natural nomad ORIENTAL EXPERT'S DESCRIPTION Oriental rugs origin orna ornament outline Persian rugs pilgrims prayer prayer-niche prayer-rugs primitive religion Rhodian rosary RUG Loaned RUG RUG-PLATE S. S. Costikyan sacred Samarkand shades SHIRAZ RUG Shirvan silk sometimes specimens star student style symbols textiles things thought tion to-day traced tree tribal patterns tribes Tughra Turcoman Turkish Urumiah various weavers weaving wool woven