What is the criterion used in evaluating an oriental rug? Certainly the old nostrum about a rug’s value being based singularly on a high knot count is inadequate to explain the expressive power and beauty of the best of knotted carpets. Surely a valid standard for Oriental rug beauty goes far beyond the counting of…
Thoughts on the use of detail in the designs of oriental rugs. One can look at an oriental rug and in some instances instanteously connect with it. Why? What are the elements that drive a rug into that rare place of beauty, and authentic expression? As we strip away its layers of design what is…
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