The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-27
THE ART OF RUG MAKING
Its Origin Lost in the Mists of
Tradition.
SECRET Is CAREFUlLYKEPT
Transmitted Through a Long Line of
Ancestors in Oriental Countries-A
! Display at Hennessy's
Spring Opening.

NO one can say when the art OF rug
weaving originated. As early as 800
years before the Christian era the Hin
zoos practiced IL. and from the earliest
ages the various Oriental nations have
been are now the great rug makers
oil the world. 1t was probably on an
oriental rug or carpet that Abraham
sat when he rested I'm the cool summer
evenings at the entrance to his tent
His descendants. through Ishmael. the
Arabs OF the desert. are doing the same
thing to-day. for the manners and Gus
toms or these fierce Eastern warriors
are unchanged since the time of their
great ancestor. The Turk. Persian or
East Indian rejoices in his artistic
work. it's beautiful color ations.
patterns and designs and does not re-
gard IL merely as an article of mer-
chandise. The Oriental weaver acquires
MS skill through a long line Of ances-
tors who were engaged in weaving the
same kin OF rugs. i'm the same way.
Tor perhaps hundreds Of years. conse-
quently his kill is inherited. not ac-
CURED. They have a faculty of taking
the primary colors and producing from
them the most wonderfully artistic
combinations and effects hat can be
conceived. Girls and boys from their
infancy do their share, with the rest
OF the family. i'm weaving and are early
raine i'm the art. The same pattern.
with slight notifications, is worked
over and over again for generations.
certain countries or districts having
styles. designs and kinds peculiarly
their own. For instance. rugs made in
turkey are generally known as
G~hiordes. Cshaks. Demirdjiks. Koni-
abs. etc. Rugs made i'm Persia are
known as S~avalans. Ferehans, Ispa-
haus Teherans, Tabreezo. etc. Indian
rugs are called Candahars. Amritsurs.
Agras. Cashmeres. etc. In the eau
casus district they make the Shirvan.
Daghestan. Soumac. Carabagh. KAYAK
and Guenjec ugs In the Trans-Cas-
plan district, in Asiatic Russia. the
rugs woven are Afghans. ,Khivas, Boz
karahs, Samarkands, Herats, etc.
The selection of wool is a matter OF
great care: its fine quality is due 10
climatic conditions and to the pastur-
age. the wool from certain sections be-
ing much finer and longer than Others.
Each rug Is generally the product OF
a whole family's work. the dyeing,
shearing. and cleaning being done by
the men and the weaving proper most
ly by women and children. Vegetable
dyes are generally used: a few are ami
such as cochineal. while mineral
are unknown. The preparation OF
these dyes is a family secret carefully
preserved.
OF late years particularly. Oriental
rugs have been much esteemed by the
in u Eastern cities and
throughout Europe ger rally. There
are many large dealers in New York
who send their agents far in the in
terror OF the Caucasus n to Persia
and other countries for this much
sought after rug of luxury. In the
East, Oriental rugs are very extensive
~ used as wall hangings. portieres inc
couch covers. A plentiful use of Orien-
tai rugs i'm houses gives them a charm
ingly artistic appearance which con-
delightfully."- with the usual fur
nishings of a modern household.
The Orientals clean their rugs about
a year by placing them over a
rope in n running stream. where they
are left for "a hours. after which they
are exposed to the sun to dry.
Oriental Jugs are little known in
although some gentlemen here
are the happy possessors of one or more
specimens, which are as dear to them
AS the apple OF their eyes. Butte is
more metropolitan i'm it's ideas
every day and the Oriental rug finds
It's way into many OF the homes Of our
prominent citizens. This is the first
season the genuine article of Oriental
weave has a legitimate place among
he ugs of domestic manufacture, and
Hennessy's is the first store and only
store in Butte hat has bought an as
'ortment to show the general public.
this will be appreciated as IL be-
better known. Hennessy has a
spring opening this week. COM
nencing Monday. when there will be a
display of these Oriental rugs. to-
yether with a stock of carpets. curtains
md draperies. which in every respect
'xcels any shown i'm Montana. All in
crested persons are cordially invited to
tttend this opening. for il will be a
to those who imagine there's
good in Butte.