The Oriental Rug a Monograph On Eastern Rugs And Carpets Saddle Bags Mats P
The Oriental Rug a Monograph On Eastern Rugs And Carpets Saddle Bags Mats P
William De Lancey Ellwanger
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5 x 5. 6 CAUCASIAN RUGS, ETC. 63 Thousands of beautiful Kabistans, Shirvans, Bakus, etc. , were then sold for a song un- der the one arbitrary title. They would be priceless to-day, and yet the former commercial, vulgar use of the name leaves it in undeserved disrepute. As used in this chapter, it is intended to mark a distinction between certain of the Caucasian types, which it properly represents, and the Russian types from the same region, which are illustrated in the Kazaks and Yourucks. Wh...at may have become of all the fine Kabistans, which were forced upon the market years ago, is a question. Are they all worn to rags and lost to the world ? Or do they still turn up at chance household auctions ? Many fine specimens may be so discovered, dirty, disguised, and disreputa- ble, but easily reclaimable and made anew by washing. There is a theory, also, that many choice pieces came to San Francisco in the 'seventies and 'eighties, and are lost to sight and memory somewhere in Cali- 64 THE ORIENTAL RUG fornia.
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