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Title: Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile design Lace and lace making Embroidery Wallpaper Leatherwork Interior decoration Tapestry
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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pliedweavers with many designs that illustrate belief in astrology, luckysigns and geoniantic influences. Those most frequently found in rugsare the emblems of the eight immortals: castanets, flower baskets,flute, lotus 2)0(1. sword, fan. bamboo musical instrument, gourd.Buddhism has also influenced the decorative arts of China materially,and we are apt to find some suggestion of its influence, even whenthe origin of the main features of a design can be traced to one ofthe two earlier religions. The eight Buddhist symbols are: wheel,knot of destiny, canopy, umbrella, lotus bktssom. urn, conch shell,twin fishes. Chinese naturalists divide the animals into five classes, the firstthree of which are headed by fabulous creatures: (1) the hairyanimals headed by the unicorn (kilin); (2) the feathered animalsheaded by the jjhoenix (fiiughtcatig); (3) the scaly animals headed bythe dragon (lung); (i) the shelly animals headed by the tortoise. Atthe head of the naked animals (5) stands man. 175
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IluU- 1 CUIXKSK RUG OF Till-, K 1 i;X-l,l .\(. Dl NASI* 176 CHINESE AND BOKHARA RUGS The Chinese (h-agoii is a uiii(iue creation. In its archaic form itappears as a huge hzard in old fret borders of rugs. The Imperialdragon has five claws on each of his four feet, and only the Emperorand princes of the first and second rank arc allowed to use the five-clawed variety. The dragon is often pictured as regarding or hold-ing a round jjearl (chin). This is said to symbolise the effort of thedragon to seek and guard wisdom, and protect it from the attack ofdemons and evil spirits. Here we have the origin of the claw-and-ball foot so often found on English chairs of the Georgian period.The Imperial dragon of Japan has but three claws. The Chinese phoenix is a kind of iiheasant with silky-featheredneck and peacock tail, that lives in the highest regions of the air, andonly approaches men to aimoimce happy events and prosperousreigns. The stork (ho) is one of the most common emblems oflongevity

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