Oriental Rugs Antique and Modern Author:Walter Augustus Hawley This book tells you almost everything that you need to know about oriental rugs, antique and modern: the history of rug-making in the Near East, with its cultural extensions; the materials used, how prepared and dyed; the significance for identifying carpets and much more. Most of this info has been the carefully guarded secret trade-lore of the... more » dealers. Includes 11 color photo plates , 66 b+w photo plates and 28 plates with illus.« less