Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13

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Vogue.
ORIENTAL Rugs and How to Buy Them.
Ihls is the season when so many
people throw away their money hunting
bargains IN antique oriental rugs" The
speaker was the expert buyer of one of
the most reliable rug importing firms in
the United States. He had lust returned
from ms httieth buying trip in the ORR
eht, ana the reporter agreed with him
that ne had a right to know a good rug
when he saw it. of course it is i'm
possible Tor anyone to get an expert
knowledge of oriental rugs by reading
but an acquaintance with types and
/ prices of rugs to be found in the better
class shops IN this country will both
save the purchaser money and enable
Z selection
gree of intelligence.
I'm the first place. searchers after an
tlqne oriental rugs should remember that
All the important pieces were long ago
rocked up IN the museums and palaces
OF the old world. The few pieces that
are offered for sale from time TO time
tetch such high prices that only multi
milllonaires can afford them. Small an
| tlque Caucasian. Anatolian and Mossoul
4 from Fy-n 10 L.
years old, are still to be had if one is
able to pay the price, but most of the
so-called antique rugs have had only the
| nfst glare OF newness worn off, and less
than ten years have passed since they
left the hand of the weaver.
They should also remember that
there are more rugs of high quality be-
ing woven today than ever before. The
! nnest rugs IN the world are being woven
IN Persia. For centuries Persian rugs
nave been the pride of the Shah. The
present ruler, besides bestOwing orders
and honorable rewards on successful rug
makers, lnficts the most severe punish
ment for the use of aniline dyes or any
thing calculated to bring Persian rugs
into disrepute.
The finest large rugs are woven in
northwestern Persia and are marketed
mostly in Tabriz. The price of these
rugs Is from So to $40 a square foot.
For durability they are unsurpassed.
he patterns are brilliantly harmonious,
and usually have a medallion in the cen
ter on an ivory field, with the corners
OF the held and the borders overrun by
eXqulsltely fine floral designs The col
ors are delicate pastel pinks, greens and
blues
The fame of the Herman rug is due
in part to the high quality of the Ker-
man Wool To-day the patterns are most
| ~ floral with birds and flowers shown
IN renef. The warp is usually of cotton
and the filling of wool with short nap and
fine weave. While the colors are deli
cate, they are at the same time exceed
| lngly rich and soft In large sizes Ker-
mans sell at from 81 to $50 square
| foot.
"Bokhara rugs are made in Russia.
and for the last few years have been
very popular with the American who can
afford medium priced rugs. Those of
medium size sell from 81 to s. n square
foot and are worth every penny of it.
| The web is entirely of wool and frequent
| ~ extends three or more inches beyond
| the pile at the ends where it is finished
| with long fringe. The wool is of the
! highest quality and the pile very short
Another popular rug that is of Rus
sian make is the Samarkand These
rugs are almost exclusively Chinese in
| nese pheasantS or dragons. Yellow is
| the dominant coIor, with reds and blues
that form superb contrasts and har-
monies. The web is usually of cotton
and the weaTe moderately fine. A good
quality sells for about 50 square foot.
1T is particularly easy for the mex
perienced buyer to go wrong in selecting
silk rugs, as there are so many mer-
cerized and wood silk limitations on the
market. Many of these are not even
handknOtted. These limitations are new
/ err durable and seldom handsome Per-
sian silk rugs, frequently with silk web,
| bring from 81 to $50 foot according 10
| tineness, weight and size.
Persons who want the soft cOlors of
! the real antique oriental rugs may APP
proXimate them by getting washed rugs.
Now, there are washed rugs and washed
rugs. Washing rugs is a process that
/ requires skill and experience of the
| highest type, and has been brought to
great perfection in this country. 1t NOT
only grays or Softens the colors, but il
removes all surplus color and sets the
rest After washing vegetable colors are
there to stay. If people only knew that
proper washing is a legitimate form of
| finishing a rug, and does not injure the
! fabrics, they would be glad to pay the
extra price that a well washed rug costs
| instead of hunting around in dirty side
street shops and itinerant auction rooms
among badly washed and second class
stock. Good washing costs from )
cents to 81 a square foot but a good
average is 1917 cents foot. The mex
perienced purchaser runs the risk Of
getting rugs that have been injured in
washing. For that reason they had
better buy of a merchant who can make
good if the rug begins to drop to pieces
as it soon viii do if the fabric has been
injured in the washing process.
''Aniline dyed rugs are seldom washed
because no method has been discovered
for 'antiquing' them successfully. There
seems to he a general idea floating
around that aniline dyes will rub off on
a wet handkerchief l have seen would.
be rug purchasers surreptitiOusly moisten
a corner of their handk erchief and scrut
a rug with it, Now. the truth of the
matter is auiline dyes are comparatively
fast while many vegetable dyed rugs
run when water is applied. Bokharas
for instance, bleed like stuck pigs Tt
prevent them from running they mus
be carefully washed
when selecting a fine rug the first
lreuuisite is life. When you stroke the
back of well kept cat the touch Of the