The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-15
Expert Explains Differences and
Characteristics of Rugs Which
Come to US From the
Far East.
MANY KINDS ARE SHOWN
Real Prayer Rugs, Hospitality Ruga
and Various Other Sorts Were
Shown at the C. r. Joy
Home.

More than hundred women az
tended the first of the club extension
lectures at the home Of Mrs. G. X.
Joy yesterday. The afternoon was 3
very successful and enjoyable one in
every feature. Chairs were placed In
the music room, parlor and library,
which open off the reception hall.
where Miss Brown stood, and where
the rugs were exhibited. The patron
esses for the afternoon who helped In
receiving, were Mrs. A. HollinGsworth;
Mrs. VIM. Logan. Mrs. G. NJ. Rich,
Mrs. H. c. Brown, Mrs. N. T. Wilcox,
Miss Lucretia Huiskamp. Following
the lecture, tea was served in the din
ing room. Tea was poured by Mrs.
Joy and Mrs. Hollingsworth, and serv-
ed by Mrs Ralph B. Joy and Miss
Toole. The table centerpiece was a
brass jardenaire filed with autumn
leaves In a dozen different shades Of
red and yellow and green. Autumn
leaves were used through the hous :
in decoration.
! Miss Browns topic of rugs was such
"a big subject and the collection to be
shown such a large and interesting
one that in introducing the subject,
Miss Brown said she was quite over
whelmed with all she wished to say
! in the limited time.
che said in part: THE rug coun-
tries are Asia Minor, the Caucassion
districts, Persia, Afghanistan Turk
listan, India and China. We shall not
refer in any way today to the rugs OF
India or China but will show rugs
from the other countries and give
some of their characteristics by which
they may be known. All oriental rugs
/ have certain characteristics, as for ex-
ample, their colors never fade, they
soften and blend with time but they
do not fade ALI oriental rugs grow
softer and get certain sheen or
glow with time"
4 Examples Of Prayer Rug.
TO illustrate the Turkish rugs, two
very beautiful silk Anatolian prayer
rugs were shown. One was rose
color and the other green. Both had
a plain center or plain field" as it Ia
called, with flower border. At one
end was a little figure to signify the
pendant lamp above the altar In a
mosque, and at the other end of the
field are two pillars which represent
the pillars before the sacred part OF
the mosque These green Ghiordas
or prayer rugs, are very rare. They
are only woven in this color when
made for a royal descendant Of tn
prophet. So then the plain field.
with a floral border, the pendant
lamp at one end and the two pillars
at the other are characteristics Of
Turkish prayer rugs. Not all rugs
contain them all in exactly the same
way but they characterize Ghiordas.
Another rug IN the collection, a
verv old Laiac prayer rug was said
by Miss Brown to be perfect eX-
ample, of it's kind. 1t had In 1t the
red and yellow and blue and in every
wav held the essentials OF perfect
rug.
OF rugs from the Caucassion distric.
there was an old Dagestahn praye
rug and on the library floor was a
Shervan, which showed what Is called
an interrupted pattern" In mixing
the dyes a certain shade OF rose and
blue had been mixed and with oriental
hit and miss way of doing things
when the supply Of dye gave out, the
weaver was not able to get the same
shade again. so carried on his pat
tern in a different shade.