ORIENTAL RUGS.
Oriental rugs are. imported from Western Asia. These rugs are woven by the peasants of Turkey, Persia and India. The weavers are Mohamtnedaus, and as their religion forbids the representation of the iornis of human being? or animals, .the-: designs are chiefly geometrical figures, or flowers. Blues, ivtls and yellows are the colours most used, formerly only.animal and vegetable dyes were used, and this produced lasting colours of wonderful Softness. Tile introduction of aniline dyes has greatly affected the permanence and beauty of colouring of Oriental rugs.. These rugs are woven on a loom consisting of a crude franie of poles. The woollen threads which create the pattern are attached to a warp by a running knot. A weft thread is woven in at the Dack. ' The names of Oriental rugs are usually, taken from the ; districts where they were made. Formerly each district had its own distinctive patterns and colourings, but...since the great demand for these rugs in Western jnarkets, they have been made so extensively that it is Ijard.to.determine,the make.,.:
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 8 (Supplement)
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174ORIENTAL RUGS. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 8 (Supplement)
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