Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-04
LOCAL CONCERN
HOLDS UNUSUAL
EXHIBIT OF ART

An unusual exhibit OF works of art.
consisting of paintings by world
famous artists, various kinds Of
statuary. and Oriental rugs OF almost
fabulous value, is being made this
Veek in the show windows and sales
rooms of Levers G. Cooke for ", b.
Mihran, an Armenian collector.
OF the paintings some OF the most
interesting. because Of their timeli-
ness as much as their beauty. are
those by Carleton, the English artist,
who spends all his daylight hours now
depicting scenes in places whose
names have grown familiar 10 every
schoolboy during the hast three years.
These paintings are called the War
Zone Pictures" and are displayed in
admiration and comment Of every
passer-by. Among the most note
worthy OF these are the street scenes
in Antwerp and the village Of Coutrai.
and the cathedrals in Ypres and Brus-
sells.
Among the very old paintings is one
by an Italian artist Of the 18th cen
fury, a Biblical scene showing Queen
Esther receiving her father The
work is done on copper instead of can
vas. Another very old picture was
done Oh oak by D. Tennier, who died
in 1890 This painting, Harvest
Festival in Holland" Bishop Libert
says is Enthusiastically a Tennier, hav-
ing all the Tennier characteristics, in
Guiding a man with a big "poi-opu'
drinking from a demijohn of his own
shape.
Van Der Broeck's Fisher Maidens
stands out from it's fellows and de-
mands the admiration which it would
receive If 1t were properly hung in
some gallery. There are dozens OF
other remarkable paintings, many OF
them watercolors and oils of Ameri-
can scenes by we'll known American
artists. Many of these are from the
art collection of Ray Shelton. Los
Angeles millionaire who died not very
long ago, after he had lost much of
his money.
AS for the rugs, no words can de-
scribe them, certainly no words of an
Occidental. There is one whose price
tag is $4,000. This is not a very old
rug, as ages of rugs are counted, hav'
ing been finished between so and 60
years ago, but it Is q wonderful ex'
ample of the rug-maker's art, an Inn
perial Kashanshah, 81 by IA feet, and
flawless in design and workmanship.
This rug is said to be part Of Mira
Khan's collection, and made by his
favorite wife, Zullaika, and it certainly
is beautiful enough to adorn any
palace.
Exquisite in workmanship and great
ly to be desired is a little rug not
more than two feet long by foot and
a half wide, and so soft and flexible
that, in spite of its thickness, may be
rolled up like a piece Of silk. 1t Is
made of silk, and some estimate Of
the length Of time required to make
such a rug will be comprehended
when 1T is known that this rug con-
tains nearly million and a quarter
knots. Try counting a million by
ones and you will realize that it
would take some few months to tie A
million knots, without estimating the
cutting, selecting and combining of
coIors, and all the rest of the work
that goes into the making of Persian
rug. And the rugmaker was paid
probably 1914 cents a day for his
work!
The Chinese rugs in the collection
are all of the modern school, though
some of them date back three or four
dynasties for their designs. They ara
all very beautiful, as is also one huge
Turkish rug, of the famous Turkey
Red" But the rugs hardest to leave
are the Kashanshas, KAYAKS, the Ka-
shans and the Saruks.