Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Very Notable Collection of Beautiful Old Chinese Rugs Gathered During Many Years by the Widely Known Connoisseur Mr. Thomas B. Clarke: To Be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale at the American Art Galleries In assembling these rugs he has brought together some most beautiful and unusual fabrics. In his private collection, which he is including in this sale with rugs of stock, are remarkable specimens, and even extensive collectors of Chinese rugs Will doubtless find the unexpected. In the general collection are, natu rally, rugs for a variety of tastes and uses-here are almost if not quite all of the colors and sizes, and many shapes - and it, also, comprehends choice examples. In both categories - and no attempt is made in the catalogue to segregate them - are to be found rugs large and small such as have not been publicly seen in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.