A promotional monograph on Oriental rugs and carpets issued by the H. B. Claflin Company of New York, written by Lawrence Winters for general readers. It covers the history and legends of rug weaving, looms and knotting methods, dyes, the Persian, Caucasian, Turkish and Indian rug types, buying customs in the East, and rug inscriptions. It includes glossaries of Egyptian and Chinese symbols, tables of warp, weft and knot counts by rug type, and many photographs of antique rugs, the Claflin warerooms, and views of Constantinople, including the Bosphorus, mosques and bazaars.