New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-18
BEAUTIFUL PERSIAN RUGS.
THE wEAvERS THAT HAVE MADE THE
EAST FAMOUS TO ART LOVERS.

THE STORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH LANDS FOUND
IN THE WORK OF THE DUsKY PRINcEssEs.
The hands that first strung warp frame and
set a wool OF beauty on its threads were those OF
women"
admired by art lovers wrought by the fair
hands Of the princesses OF Persia: those In which
the soft hues Of many colors so beautifully
blended. showing how the weaver caught from
land running with sunshine and beauty the
true art OF harmonizing tnts.
The difficulty OF the task is never given thought
one rug often represents life work. II is one Of
the laws Of the Persian religion that artists should
not copy nature yet many Of their rugs show floral
designs and others picture NEUROLOGICAL and his
torica legends The tree OF life. the cocoss or
sacred tree the weeping willow the lotos and the
palm used in these designs. as we'll as the fg-
ures Of animals each having It's own significance.
the lion meaning light the monkey appearing IN
the rugs where the theory Of evolution is repre-
sented even the duck and goose having their
places. These last were thought TO be able TO give
warning when danger threatened the happiness OF
a family. and for this they are often used
In the designs OF wedding rugs
The carpets and rugs derive their names from
the provinces in which they are made.
In the work Is seen the effect on the mind
of the beauties of the world Of nature by which which
the rug-makers are surrounded: The rugs OF the
North. Tor example, the DagneStdn honna a.
KAYAKS and Tihis are covered with geometric az
designs and colder in oooring than those OF
the South which, coming from Teheran. kirmaii
serap Ispahan and Khorassan combine botn
geometrica and floral patterns and seem
TO have caught the warmth Of color always asso-
ciated with the sunny lands where they are made:
In these same provinces are also found the stoiy
weavers who tell their romances and legends III
the intricate threads OF their beautiful WORK A..
The Persians' rugs rank first not alone lot the
beauty Of their cOloring and design. out alsV III
the frmness OF their weave, the hnest quant'es
having from two hundred TO SIX hundred kho,s 40
the square inch There Is n beautiful example u,
the famous Sadk collection OF an antique fersdi
ing to the inscription on the border took ninety
eight years to perfect and is 2o6 years olo az
alone rnellows that sheen so much ADMIRED anu
sought after by the collector -.
Among the most distinctive OF these gems OF tne
weavers art are the prayer rugs. They are smaIi'
abou, feet by 4 feet, always having IN their ue-
signs either In the terminal OF the panel or IN tne
decoration OF IT, truncated point Tnese TUES o.e
nIcture the growth n. life. the conquest OF death
and immortality OF the faithful. The true oehever
never travels without one: ana wniie usihs H. 'i'e
point Is always laid toward Mecca.
Made smooth some centuries ago
BY PRAYING Eastern devotees,
Blurred by those dusky NAKED rect
And somewhat worn by rufhing knees
In Ispahan.
II lies upon my modern floor
And no one prays there any more
So with much OF the art that the people OF to-
dav have gathered about them In their aosorptioin
Of civilization they lose perhaps the inmost splrlt
that was woven and worked into the prayer rug
by ia maker and who shall say that great az
texture one fully appreciates their beauty since !!
Is Impossible TO understand the inner fances wn.cn
possessed the minds Of the ancient weaVcrs as they
| worked and dreamed?