The sun., 1910-12-04
FRINGE or RENTAL RUGS.
mat ana Their Backs Form an Important
a:uaie In Their study.

tsuaue in sHftF Stuuy
To tell an Oriental rug from a machine
rug look NJ the hack and at the fringe.
says a writer in Country Life in America
The pattern Of Oriental rugs shows dis
tinctly throu ,h On the back for the same
knots whose cut ends stand up to form the
pile on ,h- fac. Of the rug show on the
back ~ tiny loops around the warp breads.
almost conceAling both warp and wefI
Of course Oriental rugs can b. and
hav. been woven with double pile. on
back ~ well as on face. hk" the domestic
Smynas. bu, these are. as rare a. May
flowers IN November The back % most
Oriental rugs is fat and hard and the pat
'-rn that ON the face ~ softened 10y the
MYRIAD ways IN which the pile reflects
IN. light il stlr a. that II "a domestic
Brussels rug on the back
BY way Of comparison. tarn over a Viii
ton or "a brussels rug Tn. back ~ barren
Ih.. wooi Is too precious 10 l.. wasted
There The construction - such thar tn"
~ooll.n p,l- IOoirs H'ng-rIy INTO the upper
par1 oi the web only l"nNInE cheat per
yarns 20 meet the floor Exceptions TO
this rule among dom,--tIcs are rag carpets
and Smyrnas, whose warp ~ tnIn aud
t-nuOrI. and du.-- not count IN th. design
just AS there arr domestic rugs without
p,l.. 81 Their. arr Dri.ntalS The two
types ar. k-lilns and cashmere tal~O
called Suumaks, k..iins ar. tapestries.
ia weave. Ilk.. tn- more lntr!"ht. GoU.li2
and ,ub,,s.on t.lp.-st ri..- or in.. still
coar>-r Navajo blauiA cts and M-NIcan
-erap..- Face and back ar. exactly
alike. 10th fat and with"Ir pIl". "NC.pt
for Ghe loose threads ,sorI-rirnss clipped
smooth that on th'. haC" show ~h"r" the
x-fr has wandered from u!rck 10 t,i"ci
uf ih,. same COlr'
Where cDlpr- Meet ,arau"l ~rru IL"
w..rV. k.!,u~. vi. " iu,rSr other tII,.,Si rl.-s
show np-n s.it l..ft by the tap.~t ~ ~-av-
and often ,a~.d uP aft"rw ard helms
are much thinner rhan other r7Igs and are
often TsAd as IOri"r-- "h"r. they
are 10 BE- ss-d On IN. floor they shoIid
b. lined ln-y are comparatively IN
expensive
4 h-av I.r rus without pile ~ tbs, Cash
mere In. weave ~ curious IL con
sists IN the wrapping or twisting oi 'hs
wsft over pairs Of warp threads IN such
4 wsy A. 10 bird them incii--ollbly to-
grtIier The loose threads that mark
tns tassag.. 0f ia. w.ft from bloC.l 10
biosI Of color can he clearly seen ON the
baci, OF the rug tasan.r-- are ~ c-.,d-
, ingly durable but not as in'"r-s tIng IN
#
To d. sharp. th"r. being NO pill. TO duh
them
Oriental rugs A. a rule wear their own
hair or iring. in other words ~. self
frIng.d. with firing. made of IN.
tended warp In all oriental rigs thai
have a wUOllsn warp IN" fringe ~ an
IrnpOrtanr and rK, '-.,'iIngiv interesting
faitur. The fring- nf rhe Cashrn.r.
N n-:cr heavy.
respectfully interesting - IN. fringe
II B.lpuChs- and BOkhaTs- " II u-n-
allv ACCOMPANIED by "a wId" band II
NBi web commonly Call-'i S,IV ageI .
This b8nI il often urnam"nteh with
bright ColOred tiny figures in brooch" .
or iau.-try weave or embroidery such .
a ba NJ. has decided is"fIlneSH n guards .
IA" pila AT the tines Of greatest terpfi.r- 1
n,.Ss for the web that "lDss.s naturally !
al ins sides ~ open al the ends when ,
-I.c'aI means are not taken io close n
In T'Ig1 with n wOoll"n warp TIA. .nd4 ,
are more b.a ItifIi and the hOls, riICtiITp
~ NOR" '"Nibl. and more s--1pai heiIc |
10 III" touch But the greater elasticity !
- wDoll-n wBrpS produces rigs that
pull ont 20 shaI- NOR" easily and that |
~" seldom absolutely stra:gn'. even
wh.n first woven This ~ "A parcionabI.
but u ruins laTg" ones This ~ undOubi- |
"dly m" REASON why ih. warp- of largo
rugs AZ" almost without exception of the I
- IfST material
NIp4t domestic rugs have eiTher no |
fring"s Or -ewed on ones Rag carpets
are -"lf fringed. but the fringes are ds-
cid"ily undressing ~ Ihs fringes
quickly distinguishing rugs NJ Oriental
hand weave from rugs woven Oy ma
chine N Oriental patCerns.