Decorative Sunday
This week we present some color plates from Oriental Rugs by the American journalist and oriental rug specialist John Kimberly Mumford, originally published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1900; ours is a later 1905 printing. As a journalist, Mumford wrote on diverse topics of technology and manufacturing, but his primary interest was in oriental rugs and he traveled extensively for his research on the subject. This weighty tome is an exhaustive survey of rug manufacture, technique, and culture from the Middle East to India. Mumford writes:
The purposes of this book are: First, to consider the deep and enjoyable meaning of Oriental floor coverings; second, to throw light upon the life and work of the weavers; third, to dispel . . . the obscurity in which the subject has hitherto been involved, and place the reader in possession of such information regarding the rugs . . . as shall . . . deliver him from the mercy of the decorator, the salesman nd the auctioneer; fourth, to emphasize the superiority of the old vegetable dyes, the true Oriental coloring; finally, to give an idea of what constitutes true value, of the comparative worth of the various Oriental weavings, and the means of distinguishing them.
Hefty objectives, but Mumford seems to deliver.
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