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                                    THE
                              PRACTICAL BOOK
                             OF ORIENTAL RUGS

                              FOURTH EDITION




                                    THE
                             PRACTICAL BOOKS
                         OF HOME LIFE ENRICHMENT

                       _EACH PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED,
                             HANDSOMELY BOUND.
                      Octavo. Cloth. In a slip case._

                           THE PRACTICAL BOOK
                           OF EARLY AMERICAN
                             ARTS AND CRAFTS
                      BY HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN
                            AND ABBOT MCCLURE

                           THE PRACTICAL BOOK
                             OF ARCHITECTURE
                           BY C. MATLACK PRICE

                           THE PRACTICAL BOOK
                            OF ORIENTAL RUGS
                        BY DR. G. GRIFFIN LEWIS
                   NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED

                          THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF
                           GARDEN ARCHITECTURE
                       BY PHEBE WESTCOTT HUMPHREYS

                           THE PRACTICAL BOOK
                           OF PERIOD FURNITURE
                      BY HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN
                            AND ABBOT MCCLURE

                          THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF
                           OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING
                         BY GEORGE C. THOMAS, JR.
                           NEW REVISED EDITION

                          THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF
                           INTERIOR DECORATION




  [Illustration: TEKKE BOKHARA RUG
                 Size 5'6" × 6'4"
                 PROPERTY OF MR. F. A. TURNER, BOSTON, MASS.

  This piece is unusual in many ways. The background of old
  ivory both in the borders and in the field; the old rose color of the
  octagons; the difference in the number of border stripes and in the
  designs of same on the sides and ends are all non-Turkoman features.
  It is the only so called "white Bokhara" of which we have
  any knowledge.]




                                    THE
                              PRACTICAL BOOK
                             OF ORIENTAL RUGS

                                    BY
                           DR. G. GRIFFIN LEWIS

            WITH 20 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR, 93 IN DOUBLETONE
                    70 DESIGNS IN LINE, CHART AND MAP

                   _NEW EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED_

                           [Illustration: logo]

                           PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
                         J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY




             COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
             COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

                 PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
                    AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
                          PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.




PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION


It is most gratifying to both author and publishers that the first
edition of "The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs" has been so quickly
exhausted. Its rather remarkable sale, in spite of the fact that within
the past decade, no less than seven books on the subject have been
printed in English, proves that it is the practical part of the book
that appeals to the majority.

The second edition has been prepared with the same practical idea
paramount and quite a few new features have been introduced.

The color plates have been increased from ten to twenty; a chapter on
Chinese rugs has been inserted; descriptions of three more rugs have
been added and numerous changes and additions have been made to the text
in general.




PREFACE


Oriental rugs have become as much a necessity in our beautiful,
artistic homes as are the paintings on the walls and the various other
works of art. Their admirers are rapidly increasing, and with this
increased interest there is naturally an increased demand for more
reliable information regarding them.

The aim of the present writer has been practical--no such systematized
and tabulated information regarding each variety of rug in the market
has previously been attempted. The particulars on identification by
prominent characteristics and detail of weaving, the detailed chapter
on design, illustrated throughout with text cuts, thus enabling the
reader to identify the different varieties by their patterns; and the
price per square foot at which each variety is held by retail dealers,
are features new in rug literature. Instructions are also given for
the selection, purchase, care and cleaning of rugs, as