Excerpt from An Exhibition of Oriental Rugs Lent by Residents of Rochester<br><br>The generous Willingness of Rochester people freely to lend their treasures for public exhibition, makes possible a collection of which the city may well be proud. For the task of selecting and assem bling the pieces the Gallery is deeply indebted to Mr. Peter White, the well known illustrator and Oriental rug expert, who has devoted to it unlimited interest and time.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.