Rugs and Carpets from the Orient Store Booklet

Description

Rugs and Carpets from the Orient Store Booklet, 5 7/8 x 8 ¾ inches, marked on title page “Rugs and Carpet from the Orient, A Monograph by Lawrence Winters, Compliments of Thomas O’Callaghan & Co., Boston Mass.”, copyrighted 1899, 39 pages with paper covers and fly leaf, heavy water damage to the cover and the inside pages, originally 2 staples along the fold edge which have rusted and no longer hold the pages in place, tear to the cover lower left, crease to corner lower right with small piece missing, soiling, creases and tears to back cover, tears to back fly leaf, name in ink on cover, interesting educational material for potential customers interested in Oriental Rugs, along with photos of rugs there are also photos of weavers and sellers and scenes of Constantinople, all the text leads to the complexity of the path of a rug from maker to store display for sale, and a justification for the high price asked, poor condition but a nice historical piece of ephemera.
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