Rugs: color and design in China
oriental rugs
They are led by a close study of floral designs to a careful consideration of the flowers themselves which are used in conventionalization.
At first they look alike, but later, when subdivisions are in order, copies of Persian styles may readily be distinguished from those showing Chinese methods of conventionalization.
The aster, peony, horse-chestnut, chrysanthemum, azalea and various orchids are sometimes drawn naturalistically but more often in a highly conventional manner.
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