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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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, or human beings; butthe naturalistic drawing is always noticeable. In modern pieces thecentral medallion is often adopted, yet the general resemblance toolder pieces is evident. As a rule the border has five stripes, ofwhich the main one is twice the width of any other, and surroundingthe outer is a narrow edging that is usually pinkish red; thoughnow and then, according to the general colour scheme, a very pleasingeffect is obtained by substituting an edging of moss green. Type Characteristics. Colours, principally grey or ivory, withminor quantities of faun, yellow, rose, and blue. Knot, Sehna.Knots to inch horizontally eleven to twenty; perpendicularly, elevento twenty. The rows of knots are pressed down so that the warpis concealed and the weft is partly hidden at back. Warp, cotton;one of the two threads encircled by knot is doubled under the other.Weft, generally wool of fine diameter, occasionally cotton, and fre-quently dyed blue. A thread of weft crosses twice between every
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Plate 26. Kurdistan Rug with Mina Khani Pattern PERSIAN RUGS 115 two rows of knots. Pile, wool, short, soft, and silky. Border,usually of five stripes and an outer edging of uniform colour that isgenerally pink but sometimes green. Sides, a double overcastingof the same colour as edging. Both ends, a narrow web and shortwarp fringe. Texture, very firm. Weave at back is of moderatelyfine grain. Usual length, five to seven feet. Usual width, three fifthsto two thirds length. Yezd. — In the centre of a sandy plain, midway between Kir-man and Kashan, is the city of Yezd, where almost the last of theIranian fire-worshippers, now a small part of the total population,still follow the ancient faith. Though partly shut off from thegreat desert of Khorassan by a mountain range, the city is onlyan oasis, where the drifting sands that buried the old city eversuggest to the inhabitants the dread spirit of desolation whichfinds an echo in ruined walls within. At the present time veryfew piled rug

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