Identifier: orientalrugsanti1922hawl (find matches)
Title: Oriental rugs, antique and modern
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920
Subjects: Rugs, Oriental
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library

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ic feature is thecoloured, crudely spun yarn of weft, which on account of the sizeof its diameter stands up as high as the yarn of the knots at the back.In a typical Suj-Bulak the alignment of knots at the back appearsuneven or serrated. The Karadaghs have Caucasian characteris-tics; the Afshars have coarse, wiry wool for the weft, and threadsof warp strung so that each half knot is distinct. Although the technicalities of weaving are the most reliable evi-dence for determining the class to which a rug belongs, the patternsare important guides. It will be well, therefore, to remember that: A Persian rug is probably a Shiraz, Karadagh, Karaje, Mosul,Kurdistan, or Afshar, if the pattern is partly geometric. If the field has concentric medallions, the rug may be a Kerman-shah, Sarouk, Kashan, Sehna, Gorevan, Herez, Tabriz, Mahal,Muskabad, or Sultanabad. If the field is covered with pear designs, the rug may be a Sara-bend, Burujird, Khorassan, Shiraz, Niris, Iran, Joshaghan, or Luristan.
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Plate G-l. Chinese Rug of the Keen-Lung Period HOW TO DISTINGUISH RUGS 287 If the field is covered with small Herati designs, the rug maybe a Feraghan, Sehna, or an Iran. If the field is covered with small designs of the Guli Hinnaiplant, the rug may be a Feraghan. If the field is covered with the Mina Khani pattern, the rug maybe a Persian Kurdistan. A Persian rug is usually a Shiraz, Niris, Mosul, or Kurdistanif the nap is long. It is almost invariably either a Shiraz or a Niris if the webs ofthe ends are long, and the overcasting of the sides has a barber-poledesign or has short lengths of different colours. The Niris resemblesthe Shiraz; but one thread of warp to each knot is more depressed,the ends generally have longer webs, and the field is more frequentlycovered with large pear designs. It is a Shiraz if short tassels ortufts project at regular intervals from the ends; and it is probablya Niris if it has a long end-web of different coloured stripes. It is probably a Karadagh,

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