Presenting an unusual collection of ancient and modern rugs : Oriental & European : special designs, sizes & colorings : rugs in plain colors : repairing, cleaning & storing : antique objects of art
A 1922 sales catalogue from the Kent-Costikyan Trading Company of New York, offering oriental and European rugs, plain-colour rugs, repair and storage services, and antique objects of art to trade buyers and private clients. The pictures are fine-line black and white or sepia engravings with a framed, ornamental layout: one shows a patterned rug panel with an inset view of a showroom, another a multi-storey showroom building with awnings and street figures, and the title page a ribbon lettered title above a seated figure in a vignette, giving a designer period borders, lettering and architectural streetscape detail.
