Oriental rugs, antique and modern (1922) (14593958600)

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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p re-semble the Caucasian rugs. They may also be distinguished fromother Asia Minor rugs by the facts that the weft is of coarse, wirywool, and the threads of warp are not strung closely together, sothat at the back each half knot appears very distinct from the other. A similarity prevails in the technique of most Caucasian rugs, as allhave the Ghiordes knot, and almost all have warp and weft of wool,sides that are selvaged, and ends with a web and loose fringe. More-over, classes that are in a measure geographically related show resem-blances, as for instance: the Chichi, Daghestan, Kabistan, andShirvan, which have short nap; the Tcherkess, Kazak, and Genghaswhich have medium to long nap; and the Soumak, Shemakha, andKuba, which have a similar selvage at sides and ends. The only classesin which one thread of warp to each knot is depressed or doubled underthe other are the Karabagh, Shemakha, and Shusha, from the south-eastern part of Caucasia, and the Lesghian from the northern part.
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Plate O. No. 1, Shah Abbas design. No. 2, Mina Khani design. No. 3, Guli Hinnai design.No. 4, Herati design. Nos. 5-a, b, c, d, e, f, Swastikas. Nos. 6-a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, 1, m, Peardesigns. No. 7, Cloud-bands. No. 8, Pitcher. No. 9, Motives of Asia Minor and Armenian rugs.No. 10, Octagonal disc. No. 11, Combs. No. 12, Motives of Melez rugs. Nos. 13-a, b, c, d, 14,15, Conventionalised leaf-forms in Asia Minor rugs. Nos. 16-a, b, c, The lotus. No. 17, Knot ofdestiny. Nos. 18-a, b, Motives of Daghestans and Kabistans. 292 ORIENTAL RUGS The Soumak with its flat stitch and with ends of yarn hanging looseat the back is unlike all other rugs. At the sides is a carefully wovenselvage, and next to the nap at the end is a narrow selvage of finespun threads. The rugs of Shemakha, woven by some of the sametribes who dwell nearer the mountains, have similar selvages at thesides of blue or bluish green, similar ends of a narrow web of her-ring-bone weave and one or more rows of knots,