Anyone who has even seen and touched antique are rugs will remain under their spell forever. (more…)

The pile which distinguishes Oriental carpets from all others, is made by tying upon the warp, which has been previously…

Tents, temples and tombs Among tent-dwelling people the antique rugs have its birth. Tent-dwellers from earliest times have made use…

As our study of Oriental rugs is to be entirely from an Occidental standpoint, we shall first group them together…

The Turcoman region of rug-producing country lies to the north of Persia and Afghanistan, and west of the Caspian Sea,…

The Oriental rug in our Occidental home! How may we study it ? In offering the chart, which, as a…

Between the Caucasus district and the region of the Great Rivers lie the three lakes Gokcha, Van, and Urumiah, with…

From materials to the colouring of them! A charming pursuit, and one that has always had about it a mysterious…

We find ourselves face to face with the necessity of more careful, examination of patterns and designs in rugs, as…

Certain world-ideas which have given rise to many of the most significant symbolic patterns must be broadly considered before taking…