10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUKHARA RUG»
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1
Chasing Tales: Travel Writing, Journalism and the History of ...
Synecdoche's reliance on the culture concept can be observed in his discussion
of some new handmade Mori Bukhara rugs, of which he disapproves: Alas, a
typical Mori Bukhara rug [...] is a rug of no consequence. No matter how detailed
the ...
2
Consumers' Imperium: The Global Production of American ...
(This is not to say that a Bukhara rug was necessarily from Bukhara—some were
just shipped from there, others were made elsewhere in Central Asia but in
designs that rug dealers thought typified the Bukhara region. A Bukhara rug
might ...
Kristin L. Hoganson, 2010
3
The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles
... or a mixture of wool and cotton in imitation of tweed. youghal lace An Irish lace
made at the Youghal convent in Ireland. IRISH POINT originally was produced
here. youmod bukhara rug Synonym for royal bokhara rug. See BOKHARA RUG.
4
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road
'Ah, you like to buying Bukhara rug, sir,' chimed in the stallholder. Like Astrakhan
wool, Bukhara rugs referred to their main trading outlet and nottotheir place of
origin. The octagonal lozenges contained three crosslike figures in each corner, ...
Christopher Alexander, 2010
5
In Post-Communist Worlds: Living and Teaching in Estonia, ...
Along with this young lady, we added to our tour retinue a young man, whose self
—appointed job was to carry our purchases, including our large and heavy “
Bukhara” rug purchase. The most we paid for all this help was these two young ...
6
White Stones and Fir Trees: An Anthology of Contemporary ...
He said: "I've got nothing to sleep on, Commandant. Just look at this stuff . . ." "
Zachariasz," I said, "do you have to sleep on a Bukhara rug?" "Not necessarily,
but I deserve it. Do you think otherwise?" I did not take the rug from him, because
his ...
Vasa D. Mihailovich, 1977
7
Those Earlier Hills: Reminiscences 1928 to 1961
... is always entertaining to hear a genuine artist laying it on with a shovel—
especially when he thinks you are believing him. Go to some quiet country house
on Vancouver Island if you want to get a connoisseur's verdict on an old Bukhara
rug.
I'm sending you a Bukhara rug and two Chinese vases: I've been planning to give
them to you for some time. I'm also lending you my Teniers* (for a while). Put the
vases on the window-sill, and hang the Teniers to the right over the portrait of ...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Michael R. Katz, 1992
9
Place and Ideology in Contemporary Hebrew Literature
He therefore prepared himself to encounter a neglected old man in a neglected
old house. . . . To his surprise, when he emerged from the overgrowth he . . .
could see a tiny but pleasant and extremely clean and neat living room, a
Bukhara rug ...
10
The Final Faberge: An Inspector Jack Oxby Novel
A Bukhara rug covered nearly all of one wall, and against another stood a glass-
fronted cabinet in which were treasures of porcelain and decorative arts from
Kazakhstan and Afghanistan. There were photographs and paintings on the
walls of ...
