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H o u s e & Garden 
FIFTH AVENUE AND 47th STREET 
NEW YORK 
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WASHINGTON 
SAN FRANCISCO 
HERAT 
"THE GATEWAY TO INDIA” 
Of no little importance since its 
founding by Alexander the Great, 
the strategic City of Herat enjoys an 
interesting place in the history of 
Asia. The Macedonians, the Persians, 
the Tartars and the Afghans, each 
in their time have fought for and 
gained its control. 
During the reign of Timur, the 
Limper, in the Fifteenth Century, 
it became a center of art and learn¬ 
ing. Many experts now consider that 
the famous so-called Ispahan rugs 
of that period were actually woven 
at Herat. 
Rugs of the Eighteenth Century 
from Herat are also masterpieces, 
and add a beautiful, yet utilitarian 
atmosphere to any room. The long, 
narrow sizes generally obtainable 
make them particularly adaptable 
in rooms of early English feeling. 
JSLOANE 
