The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06


iradi' inri- aisl sf,s.,,kin. with in,: uthorlt,
he do hi l'ttla ..,lk has 80 some ~ IN
rug lovers - rrnswed study. some %
them Va far are frankly unable TO ahando,
4 their positions while others are enelsAvor
/ ~ To bring themselves arouni Ia hi'
! Views
An important element IA the cha rm ex
erci-~d by the Polish rugs has been tbs
mystery 81 their origin Were they Polish
/ Persian. Indian. ,n their inspiration anc
+ nanufacIure' Ana shy did they appea
: TO have b-ep spont aneOu- creation
| presently eAtingui-hsd u short lived race
! without furebeaFs or progeny A. any
: rate the name Polish chung 10 them. q
putatiye paternity which was sufficiently
satisfactory to tho few possss-ors and me
many admirers Of the charming Pol
! ouaisas Now comes Dr talentiner and
| brushes all the mystery away.
| He SAYS that the date Of their manu-
facturs. can Ire almost exactly fixed NJ
u brief period IA the first half OF The seven
teCnth century, AS many OF them were
presented to European courts by Shah
Abbas OF Persia NJ that time and were
very probably products OF the imperial
manufactorieS, He goes further and
.:Hstroy: another charm which they held
few of them IN all th. world. The devo-
tees have said that ii would be- difficult
In find perhaps fiftv Of them and when
they have enlarged The possible number
10 "a hundred u has been with the idea Of
carry ing REPUTATION bv the very exaggera-
ton Of IN. figure DIR Saientiner, how
ever. says that there are M least three
hundred Of them and that the best ones
are IN various royal palaces OF Europe.
particularly those at Moscow, Stockholm.
Munich and Copenha gen. although h"
points out that there are superb specimens
in some of The private collections Of thu.
United States Indeed some Of these
are here 20 b" s~en
Some of the students Of rugs among the,
collectors put forth in sIppor' of their
recognized posltior:s regarding this. gin
OF these rugs the statement thar IN their
Judgment the stitch il II NAV he 50
called. the method Of weaving employed
IN the manufacture 81 these fabrics. ~
distinctly not Persian. and they want
more light from DR. Naientiner. In IN"
present catalogue the doctor merely
states that there il absolutely no .v idence
that silk rugs of the Polonais.s types wer"
ever woven in Poland in the seventeenth
century, and that documents have lately
com. TO light which show conclusivcly
that these rugs were not made in Poland
He does not identify the documents
spoken OF 20 the disappointment Of the
anxious He does however. explain tho
origin of the name Polish rigs. or Polo
naises, and dismissing that desi gnation
Classifes them thereafter "a Persian, with
the parenthetical explanation -so-called
Polish
And the origin II the name. il seems.
dh'"- RACK mite n"re lhfh 'hlrtS Years,
~ causes no special surprise thar certain
Turk lsh rugs tot which there are some in
ms rNhlnitlohl nav" come 70 te' Called
hoin"in rugs oWih9 70 the appearance OF
one ~ them IN that painter Darmstait
Ior Ihe reason ,ha. nosI
minuS are rather nlIs'! r~ksruihs tiHl"
~ long past. however vividly 10 may live
IN me Annals Oh al, but tha' he nam"
~ when tne wofin SHOWS mss" ancient
foilsh faorics sn"uld ne the accident
OF an International exhipition so late as
IL, seems DIT ouo
% Naient,nrr sayr. however. tnat that
Is JUST what mas nappsned Az the far1s
exposition OF isIs several q these rugs
We're eAhniteu iney mao Seen sent ny
me rrince Iartorski from warsaw. and
they bore the COAT OF arms OF ms family
hence the assumption and CONFUSION
! ne sinlpi~ tsc' was 'nat tnls embiazonry
nad been emproldered ON the'n NJ Iater
hats tnan their mahutacture
MUCH more ~ioeiy KNOWN IN TINS country
,han the Polish rugs are the Lspahans
ut NaIrntlner gives them 10 herat ana