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SHENG LAI — This luxurious new carpet fea- subtle tone-on-tone colorings. Sheng Lai translates
tures a small-scale Chinese fretwork design in from the Chinese to “future life”.
PANEL SHIRVAN — The boldness of the Caucasian designs is apparent in this pattern
done m rust, blue and ivory tones and stylized motifs of peacocks, tarantulas, trees and
other objects of nature.
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uncommon among primitive
peoples.
“But, not surprisingly,” he
said, “these ‘Eastern Primi
tives’ have a great appeal to
‘sophisticates of the West’ today.
In fact, Caucasian-style rugs are
currently in great favor with
fashion-setting homemakers
who also prefer modern furni
ture. The bold patterns
introduce color and striking
design effects when used in
rooms with modern sectional
seating and glass, steel, chrome
and marble.
sense of the P*
new.”
“Yet for ™
these tribal^'
decorated
tional, oouno)
terranean h“
will continue"
they look so
settings.” ^
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these rugs e
with Amen»
today, KarasW
more conteffP
CHARMEUR — Softly stated
Rug Brcil
Karastan has published an
expanded and updated version of
its “Oriental Design Rug
Handbook.” The 40-page
brochure was developed to
provide homemakers with a
basic grounding in a product
considered “both a decorative
fashion for the home and a
recognized artform.”
First introduced several years
ago, the booklet has been
enlarged to relate more his
torical information on the
origins of Oriental design rugs
and more details on the sym-
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