The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-19
WHT SHE EvYS |

The possession Of at least one Eastern
Tug is necessary TO every womans content
ment @. heart The more ancient and
weather6eaten 1t happens to look the better
| fer then the owner can easily persuade her
! self that II has been In her family for
centuries and trodden upon by hundreds
Of ancestors.
II you can inves, in only one rug. let It be
4 Daghestan--that Is. II you have a moder-
ate sum to experd say $50 or $50 orwell
$500. khorassan is more valuable, o,
course. but 1t is only when one has more
money than one knows quite what to DO
With tina: she takes $500 or $500 OF II. or
900 or 800. and orders a Khorassan for
her drawing room.
The one is Turkish rug--the Daghestan
the other-khorassan- is a Persian rug.
and they take their names from the towns in
wAich they are woven; 1t might seem that
The only difference between the two was a
matter Of miles and turlongs,
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Color. pile and quality have much to do
with determining the price OF a rug. One
showing bright reds and greens. OF course,
( is not as valuable enc In dull ehades
Tho Bokhara. Turkish rug. is very
fine weave and usually high priced: red i;
predominant; color; II blue In any quantity
Is used in the rug It Is sure to bring high
er price. Iyory-whlte figures on dark, rich
rad Is q common combination in a Bokhara
In d DagAesian blue is frequently seen. but
II you possess Bokhara with much or any
blue 10 IT you are lucky indeed.
As rule II is only an Aston or Van.
derb!it who can own blue Bokharas.
A, the last Worlds Fair John D. Rookie
Teller bought an Eastern rug, or rather car
pet. for which he paid $50, 600. 1t is a su-
pero example Of an antique Persian rug.
( Cornelius Vanderbilt also has a fondness
for these dellciously expensive poetical
Eastern stuffs, end paid nearly DIS much for
rug--or $4,000. Pliny tells us of Baby-
I lonian tapestries figured with plants ana
animals. the sphinx griiliDs and dragons,
! Tor which prices varying from so, 900 to 400,
/ 900 sesterces were paid. but this probably If
nothing to what the modern millionaire paye
FOR bit Of covering for his floor, unless the
( sesterce Is more than the present scribe
! imagines. ind she is obliged to confess 70
total ignorance on this point.
The mode OF manufacture is the same FOR
1 each. the essential difference is in the slyle
| 81 the pattern, the Turkish being the more
arabesqle. AS no two Ionic capitals o.
! Greek workmanship. even In the came TEN
! pie. we're alike in anything but general sizc
! and character. so IN the Turkish rug. the
/ same pattern Is never again exactly repro
| duced. The Persian rugs more often than
| not have their patterns which ara as a rule
geometrlcai figures. defned>c!early on both
sidee, and are woven quite smooth.
Feragham, Herman. Kurdistan and Kho
] Tdsthl are lNe lOuT Cliet places IN BerSia
for the manufacture of carpets or rugs This
! Herah pattern Is a common one for the
| khorasean carpets; 1t IL the favorite eight
pointed star enlarged and repeated over tn
| whole.
The arabesque deeigns, peculiar to Turk
| ish rugs show lve-leaved roses and curins
| tendrile, the borders In many cases have
| traces Of Arabian ornamental writing, IN,
popularity OF the patterns being accounted
for by the theory that the carpets represen
nlaii jeweled work, which accords with tn,
oriental delight in gems and precious stones
The many mistakes in the matching o
| c0lors which on careful scrutiny are otter
apparent Is eaid to be due to the fact tina
the weaver, while working with certain
wool II it runs short, replaces IL with an
other as near like II as possible withou
taking the trouble or the delay TO get tn,
exact shade
There is a epecal reason also for the soft
nees OF tint noticeable In the Eastern woods
this Is caused by their being dyed In the
naturally greasy state, so that a soft, oil,
uster permeatee all the colors. For tn,
same reason white always has yellowish
gray appearance But In many Instance
the dim colors are due to the fact that the,
are actually dirty.
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Many of the most magnificent example
of Eastern carpets have found their way L
New York and are owned by the littl
/ brothers and sisters of the rich. For In
stance. Mrs. Goelet has an imperial Khor
assam court carpet for which something Xix