Word: carpetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delivers a sovereign account of the decline and fall of the British Empire. Slowly, painstakingly tracking its protagonists through a labyrinth of troubles, the show builds up a panoramic portrait of British India that is as levelheaded as it is evenhanded. More of an intricate tapestry than a flying carpet, Jewel dwells on the British raj in its dotage and behind its gilded scenes, at home though hardly at ease. In the process, it poignantly suggests that even the grandest of empires was made up of very small people and that no subject is more exotic than a divided heart...
...Carpet knotting was introduced to India in the 15th century. The weaver's art took root and quickly spread through the subcontinent. Masterpieces from Indian looms decorated the palaces of Mughal emperors but remained obscure to the West until the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. The result: a profitable European market was opened, production increased to meet demand, and, inevitably, standards and quality declined. Erwin Gans-Ruedin's Indian Carpets (Rizzoli; 318 pages; $85) is a particolored object lesson in how art is overtaken by commerce. Carpets and rugs from the 16th and 17th centuries demonstrate...
...plea for special treatment came from a staunch conservative friend and West European ally, so President Reagan was happy to comply. He made a date in his appointment calendar, and this week the White House will roll out its best red carpet for West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The one-day working visit will be used by Kohl to fill Reagan in on the latest Franco-German efforts to promote West European political unity and on Bonn's views of East-West relations. But that does not fully explain the Chancellor's eagerness to become the first major...
...high-net-worth individuals," as Manufacturers Hanover euphemistically calls them. At Bank of America's Beverly Hills office, the private-banking lounge is tucked behind a door marked only by the number 403. A security guard shoos away the curious. Inside, the office is decorated with a Persian carpet, wing chairs and violet orchids. Says Richard Saalfeld, head of private banking: "We try for an interior look that's a blend between a private residence and a law office...
...BLUE TIDE washed over the electoral map last Tuesday night, it was hard not to believe that powerful forces were at work. Until Minnesota at last logged in for its favorite son Walter F. Mondale, the tiny District of Columbia was the only blemish on the Reagan carpet. In the television booths and living rooms, people talked of "landslides" and "mandates...