Antique Spanish rugs

Antique Spanish rugs are fine and firm in texture.

The so-called Gothic Sanctuary Rugs are both very attractive and very rare. The field is of soft yellow relieved by rich blue. Sometimes a deep red adds a harmonious contrast. The designs are restful and simple. Many of them are suggestive of church emblems.

The lily, at times as a single *flower and again in a vase is seen, and frequently a wine glass or chalice. There are graceful arabesque forms with running "vines, crosses and scrolls. Fine, specimens are seen in the Palace of the Escurial and in the Prado Gallery in Madrid.