Oriental rugs, antique and modern (1922) (14593822350)

Identifier: orientalrugsanti1922hawl (find matches)
Title: Oriental rugs, antique and modern
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920
Subjects: Rugs, Oriental
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library



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which is constantly usedin a tertiary stripe, is probably a degenerate form of an ornate floraldesign. It is more widely used for a border stripe than any otherpattern, as it is found not only in such Persian rugs as Sarabends,Bijars, Sarouks, and Kashans, but in many of the Indian and Belu-chistan rugs, and in almost all of the Caucasian group. It was com-monly used in Persian rugs as early as the year 1500. In many of the rugs of Persia and Asia Minor is seen as a tertiarystripe the simple ribbon pattern (Plate F, Fig. 18). Its origin islost in the dim past, and it is not improbable that once it had asymbolic meaning. A very interesting tertiary stripe, because of its well-authenti-cated age, contains the Y pattern shown in Plate F, Fig. 19.It is found in some Persian carpets that were woven as early as1550. One of the simplest guard stripes, shown in Plate F, Fig. 20,is frequently found in modern Persian rugs, as well as in Iraniancarpets woven six centuries ago. $:$kw&$i> *
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^>\\i\K*\ Colour Plate VI. Persian Garden Carpet This carpet and the one at the Naesby House, Sweden, which it resemblesin pattern but not in colouring, are, so far as known, the only complete car-pets of this type. The Naesby carpet has been assigned to the middle ofthe XVIII Century; this is undoubtedly much older. A 16TH CENTURY PERSIAN ROYAL GARDF.N CARPET. Reputed to have been made for Shah Abbas for Sefavi Palace.) Date 1587-lfi2fi, 31 ft. nin. x 12ft. 3 in. (Statement of the owner) IN THE POSSESSION OF VINCENT ROBINSON & CO., LTD. The pattern represents a Persian garden divided into four sections by twointersecting streams, which are bordered by rows of cypress trees, alternatingwith bushes on which are birds. These sections are similarly divided bysmaller streams, that meet at the four pavillions of each side, into plots con-taining trees and flowering bushes. Four peacocks rest above the central basin.The colours are harmonious, and show the mellowing influence of time