21. The drapes puddled into piles on the worn Oriental carpets below. 22. The family salvaged a grandfather clock, Oriental carpets, a chandelier and computers, as well as bag after bag of other valued belongings. 23. The lobby, lined with marble floors and Oriental carpets, is still grand. 24. The mansion, filled with antique and period reproduction furniture and Oriental carpets, is the centerpiece of the resort. 25. The men learned, for instance, that big Oriental carpets are cheaper by the square foot than smaller ones. 26. There are also European purses that were beaded with motifs from Oriental carpets. 27. They streaked through the open archways of the dreary lodge, further befouling the tattered oriental carpets on the stone floors. 28. They brought stones in trash cans and wrapped in an Oriental carpet. 29. Tile setters turned floors into cool Oriental carpets -- each room with a different geometric pattern -- by using losa nativa, concrete tiles glazed in local factories. 30. Today, the main building on campus is a white mansion filled with oriental carpets and antiques. |