Identifier: decorativetextil00hunt (find matches)
Title: Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile design Lace and lace making Embroidery Wallpaper Leatherwork Interior decoration Tapestry
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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Plate V—AN EXTRAORDINARY LARGK KARADACll HUG 20!)
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Plate VI-AliDl.HII. \M.\I\I. UlC PERSIAN AND INDIAN RUGS In each square inch of these three rugs there are from ti\e to sevenhundred knots. The one that is illustrated on Plate VIII has a fieldextraordinarily rich with animal and floral forms, and a horder oflarn-e flowers and beautiful birds artfully combined into running dec-oration. The outer band of the border is made up of Howers com-bined with the Chinese cloud band. On Plate IX is illustrated the texture of a sixteenth centuryPersian rug. that although still in com))aratively good condition, hasbeen worn down, until the weft shines in l)right cross lines through thefigures of the Shah Abbas and other florals, and of the birds andanimals. CHISELLED EFFECTS At this point it is interesting to note that different dyes are aptto affect the wool differently, and that the wool dyed in some colourswears down faster than wool dyed in other colours. Consequently,in a large proportion of ancient rugs the j^arts of the design in onecolour

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