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    The Oriental Rug
    The Oriental Rug
    The Oriental Rug
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    The Oriental Rug

    By William De Lancey Ellwanger

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Oriental Rug" by William De Lancey Ellwanger. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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    Release dateSep 4, 2022
    ISBN8596547234579
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      The Oriental Rug - William De Lancey Ellwanger

      William De Lancey Ellwanger

      The Oriental Rug

      EAN 8596547234579

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: [email protected]

      Table of Contents

      PREFACE

      LIST OF PLATES

      THE MYSTERY OF THE RUG

      The Oriental Rug

      Chapter I

      THE MYSTERY OF THE RUG

      GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

      Chapter II

      GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

      OF THE MAKING, & OF DESIGNS, BORDERS, ETC.

      Chapter III

      OF THE MAKING, & OF DESIGNS, BORDERS, ETC.

      OF THE DYEING

      Chapter IV

      OF THE DYEING

      OF PERSIAN RUGS, SPECIFICALLY

      Chapter V

      OF PERSIAN RUGS, SPECIFICALLY

      CAUCASIAN RUGS, DAGHESTAN AND RUSSIAN TYPES

      Chapter VI

      CAUCASIAN RUGS, DAGHESTAN AND RUSSIAN TYPES

      OF TURKISH VARIETIES

      Chapter VII

      OF TURKISH VARIETIES

      TURKOMAN OR TURKESTAN RUGS

      Chapter VIII

      TURKOMAN OR TURKESTAN RUGS

      OF ORIENTAL CARPETS, SADDLE-BAGS, PILLOWS, ETC.

      Chapter IX

      OF ORIENTAL CARPETS, SADDLE-BAGS, PILLOWS, etc.

      AUCTIONS, AUCTIONEERS, AND DEALERS

      Chapter X

      AUCTIONS, AUCTIONEERS, AND DEALERS

      INSCRIPTIONS AND DATES

      Chapter XI

      INSCRIPTIONS AND DATES

      GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND PARTICULAR ADVICE

      Chapter XII

      GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND PARTICULAR ADVICE

      INDEX

      Index

      W. D. ELLWANGER

      Title Page Text

      PREFACE

      Table of Contents

      That Oriental rugs are works of art in the highest sense of the term, and that fine antique specimens, of even modest size, have a financial value of ten, fifteen, or thirty-eight thousand dollars, has been recently determined at public auction. At this auction, several nations had a representative voice in the bidding, and the standard of price was fairly established. The value of rugs may have been imaginary and sentimental heretofore; it is now a definite fact, with figures apparently at the minimum. What the maximum may prove, remains to be seen.

      Choice old rugs, therefore, to-day come into the same class with genuine paintings of the old Dutch School; with canvases of Teniers, Ruysdael, Cuyp, Ostade, or whatever similar artist’s work may have escaped the museums. They vie in prestige with the finest examples of Corot, Diaz, Troyon, or Daubigny; and in monetary supremacy they overtop the rarest and grandest of Chinese porcelains.

      And yet the Oriental rug, as against such competitors for the wealthy collectors’ favour, has hardly a history, and is practically without a name or a pedigree. Experts will tell you at a glance whether or not your Wouverman is genuine, or inform you where every true Corot was owned or whence it was bartered or stolen. In Chinese porcelains, the knowing dealer will easily prove to you not only under what dynasty but in what decade or year a particular piece was produced.

      The painting has descent, signature, or the brush mark of a school to father it. The Chinese vase, bowl, or jar has its marks, cyphers, stamps and dates, and an undoubted genealogy to vouch for its authenticity. The rug must speak for itself and go upon its intrinsic merits. It is its own guarantee and certificate of artistic and financial value.

      The study of Oriental rugs, therefore, can never lead to an exact science or approximate dogmatic knowledge. Whoever is interested in them must needs rely upon his personal judgment or the seller’s advice. There is practically only one current book authority in the premises.

      A new volume on the subject would thus seem to be well justified. It is the hope of the author that this book may prove itself sound and practical, and that it may help to make more clear and simple the right appreciation of a valuable rug.

      W. D. ELLWANGER

      Rochester, N.Y.

      , 1903

      LIST OF PLATES

      Table of Contents

      THE MYSTERY OF THE RUG

      Table of Contents

      The Oriental Rug

      Chapter I

      Table of Contents

      THE MYSTERY OF THE RUG

      Table of Contents

      To judge of an Oriental rug rightly, it must be looked at from several points of view, or, at least, from two aspects; against the light and with the light. From the first standpoint, against the light of knowledge, speaking figuratively, there may be seen only a number of rude and awkward figures in crude colours scattered erratically on a dark or dingy-looking background, a fringe of coarse and ragged strings at either end, and rough frays of yarn at the sides. This is what is accepted by many people as an Oriental rug. And indeed this is what most rugs are.

      If, on the other hand, we view our rugs with the light of a better wisdom and happier experience, we will see the richest and softest of colours, the most harmonious shadings and blendings, medallions brilliant as jewels, or geometrical designs beautiful as the rose windows of a cathedral; or, again, graceful combinations of charmingly conventionalized flowers and delicate traceries and arabesques,—all these displaying new glories of ever changing and never tiring beauty. Each woven picture, too, is as soft to tread upon as a closely mown lawn, and caresses the feet that sink into its pile. These are Oriental rugs as their admirers know and love them.

      Perhaps the chief charm of all such beautiful rugs is in their mystery. Their designs are odd and strange and full of hidden meanings, and their effects are often evolved from the crudest and clumsiest figures, hooks and squares and angles;

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