Oriental and Occidental Rugs

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Excerpt from Oriental and Occidental Rugs: Antique and Modern At Thebes a fresco, dating I 700 - 1 000 B. Represents three men weaving at an upright loom. A small rug, discovered in that city some time between the years 666 and 358 B. C., and now in the possession of Mr. Hay in England, is described by Sir Gardner Wilkinson as follows: This rug is eleven inches long by nine broad. It is made like many carpets of the present day, with woollen threads on linen string. In the centre is the figure of a boy in white, with a goose above it, the hiero glyphic of child upon a green ground, around which is a border composed of red, white, and blue lines. The remainder is yellow, with four white figures above and below, and one at each side, with blue outlines and red ornaments, and the Outer border is made up of red, white, and blue lines, with a fancy device projecting from it, with a triangular summit, which extends entirely round the edge of the rug. Its date is uncertain, but from the child, the combination of the colors, and ornamental border, I am inclined to think it really Egyptian, not of the Pharaonic, but of the Greek and Roman period. Dr. Samuel Birch, who edited the last edition of Wil kinson's work, affirms that this is so. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.