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Identifier: orientalcarpetsr00hump (find matches)
Title: Oriental carpets, runners and rugs and some Jacquard reproductions ..
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Humphries, Sydney, 1862-1941
Subjects: Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 1752-1834 `Abbas I, Shah of Iran, 1571-1629 Rugs, Oriental
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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hippers ; but is it not possible, indeed more likely, that theform stood for humanity at large, a form which would appeal to thehuman race, without distinction of race, creed, or sex ? With armsclose to the sides, and a line intersecting the body at the waist, avery reasonable representation of the Taj will be suggested ; a linedrawn from either side of the body so divided to the centre point ofthe top of the head forms a distinct pyramid, while a line clearinghead and shoulders might stand for the original design of thePyramids themselves. The same test can be applied to the wholehuman figure ; that is to say, taking a perpendicular line dividingthe body, lines drawn clearing the head and shoulders, and meetingat the broad base which would automatically follow, give apyramidal form which encourages my suggestion. It is curious that,following out this theory, the three great buildings, the Pyramids,the Parthenon, and the Taj, all have this Pyramid form ; the same 342 - »• ♦»ffvr
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<PS o do J § •=• <! -fe = X 2 -2* < & § s j; < , *J « < H £, H S wIh Romance remark applies to the great cathedrals of Florence and Rome, andour own St. Pauls, as also to numerous other buildings of the sameclass which will readily occur to the mind. As a prelude to what follows, Fateh Khans first startling pieceof information probably had the effect of making his account of the Lost Carpet of the Taj Mahal seem commonplace, the idea beingone which might readily occur to any one familiar with the exquisitefineness and colour of the sixteenth century Persian Carpets, of whichShah Jahan in his various palaces would probably have many of thechoicest specimens, which the Persian monarchs were accustomedto have specially manufactured in the royal palaces, as presents forforeign potentates. It must be remembered that Shah Abbas theGreat, under whose rule the Persian Carpet arrived at its highestperfection, came to the throne in 1585, and his reign lasted until1628

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