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1925 · 59963 — Chicago: Olson Rug Company 1925. Oblong 4to. 9.75 x 7.8 in. 2 48 2 pp. Colour-illustrated throughout numerous black & white decorative border illustrations. Colour-illustrated softcovers vivid wraparound Orientalist cover art of scene depicting bedouin camels & tents in the desert seated upon Oriental rugs minor shelfwear slight bumping to couple corners still VG bright copy including order blank in red & black w/ pictorial map on verso of Olson Rug railroad time deliveries. First edition of this lavishly illustrated and scarce Jazz Age flooring catalogue for the famed Chicago rug manufacturer filled with striking Orientalist inspired Persian carpets Middle Eastern Central Asian and East Asian patterns intended to brighten any Craftsman home. Found in 1874 by Walter E. Olson this beautiful catalogue includes a number of interior designs showing the rugs fitted into Arts & Crafts homes and Flapper Era homes with decor window treatments and furnishings. The Olson Rug Company was a pioneering recycling firm detailing how they used old carpets rugs and old clothing to produce velvety rugs which would rival in appearance and wearing high grade Wiltons and Axminsters. The Olson Company is perhaps best remembered for the Olson Park and Waterfall which was a popular local tourist attraction located outside the factory until sold to Marshall Field in 1965 which subsequently plowed the gardens under and created a parking lot. Worldcat locates 1 copy Winterthur. Olson Rug Company, paperback