The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-27
TURKISH CARPETS.


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Three small tOwns..-Oushak, K0ula,
and GLiorJosa within the boundaries OF
Greater phrypia, in Asia Minor, have
preserved 10 The present day the carpet
manufacture, one of the few remaining
hranche. of Turkish manufacture and
/, is rather an interesting point TO note
tLot ,his manufacture has not much
chanoed ia ~IocaIity from time i'm
mom9rial
Omshok the largest of the three towns
ahoyo mentioned Is situated on an elc-
waited plateau, between two and three
thousand feet above the level OF the sea-
1t has a population of over fifteen thou
sand inhabitants, Of which only about Il
third are Christians, The houses are
built Of sun.bried bricks in the usual
style Of modern Turkish towns, and pIas-
tered over insideand out withasort oidark
clay, which gives the place a .omner
appearance perfectly in keeping WIN the
character of its people, Quaint old ioun'
tains and wells, mosques and minarctS,,
Overhanging latticed balconies, and dark
narrow, crooked and dirty streets charac'
terize the place even more than other
towns nearer the seaboard. Wool IN
every stage OF progression, from the mo-
menL it is clipped from the sheep to its
final dyed and spun state, fit tor the
hands of the manufacturer, meets the
eye in every direction, and indicates the
peculiar occupation OF tho inhabitants OF
this busy little town, which, but Tor TINS
industry, would in all probability have
shared the decaying tendency OF other
Anatolian towns.
Almost every household of any i'm.
nortnnco corrie: an tbe Garnet manufac-
mro Tbo mechanism emnIoyed is Of
tha oimnln.t and rudest description. A
vnr,ical frame sunnort, two horizontal
rol,oro ahnnt Gvo fact anart. The warp,
81 nnv ronuirod Ien,th consisting of an
INNER and lower thread ia wound round
,hrnd nnner rnller and the ends fastened
w. thoi l]nwor ono from which the work is
commenced NV the women and girls, who
knonI mr. sit crroos-lepoed in a row before
NO Frame Each wnman has a certain
,yid,h ~ ,york allotted to her, and pro-
caoJs tn knnt tLe tufts which form the
ala IN rnwg mgirn d,garcnt colors to
E.ro n]ottorn Each inf ia knotted
n~Jnnendnntly or The other TO AN
mnnar and lowcr thread Of the warp.
Vivian rnw !. fms tied the tuft is passed
mi,L ,ho hond het yeen fine warn. and
thon hooton down With q heavy wooden
comh Tha Milo /. now clipppd smooth
9th a lor~e ,noir If shears and the next
rnw "hoyo the frat commenced with.
A. thn vork nrorped. inward il is rolled
nyor tho unTor roller and a correspond.
inc Ionrth Of warn unrolIcd from the
miner one until the required length of
rarnet i. made, The t%yinp of the tufts
and tbn nickinp out nj The %yariouslv col
orod ]yonla which HANG in halls over the
frame is SCARED ON with the most sur
nrisiny raniditv the pattern being mean
whiin worked rom memory, unleS. some
new design il ia be made, Forty.four
rows If milo are Inns knotted in the
course of Tho dov and for this amount
If labor each workwoman i, paid from
six to twelve cents dally. It will thus
he scnn thot the women are the sole man
nr,cturers That no mechanism or instru
mrnis bcvond = frame, shears and comb
are u.ed and that the design il worked
from memorv. Vet. with such limited
mann. ot thnir dismissal these skillhl
workar. rontriyc tn produce the most
~harmon;on.Iv rolored and certainly the
most durable. carpets in the world.
We have so far spoken only of the
i. to collect and dive the wool for the
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