The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-09
RUGS ARE SAVED
BY SUCTION
SWEEPER
Electric AirSCleaner Particular
Iy Valuable in Care OF
Costly Tapestries.

what class Of people was the
first to appreciate the peculiar ad-
vantages of the electric suction
sweeper?
It was and still is the owner Of
oriental rugs, say electrical goods
dealers. Only the possessor OF q
valuable oriental rug can fully ap.
preciate the wearing qualities
which air cleaning imparts to the
highly priced floor coverings that
come to us from the looms or the
East.
But the rug, which In the Occf'
dent Is ground to dust under the
heels in q few years, lasts for sew
eral generations in the Orient. The
reason is not hard to find.
Here the gritty sand which clings
to shoes is beaten into the In.
tersticeS Of such rugs by the con.
slant hammer of hard soies and
heels. There It is the custom to
leave the sandals and other foot.
wear at the door. In the MOSQUE
and in the home it is the custom
to 60 barefoot and to this odd Gus.
tom is attributed the remarkable
wear OF the rugs.
Washed Twice . Year.
Because the Mohammedan re
ligion prohibits the use Of paintings
in interior decoration, rugs have
served this purpose for hundreds
OF years. They have been hung
on the walls and even from the
ceiling. One result of this has
been the development of rug.naking
into one of the highest arts.
Because their rugs represented
great labor of the highest skill
the people of Persia ana Turkey
always took great care of them.
Twice q year they were taken to
the river, washed in running water
and dried in the slanting rays of
the sun. Thus the texture was
made more silken and the cOlors
more mellow.
When the western world first
learned OF the beauties Of the orien-
tai rugs, there was naturally q
great demand for them, and this de.
mand has not lessened through the
years. With this demand came the
spurious antique rug" the rug
which was buried in chemicals to
give 1t the antique" effect. Along
with this speeding up" trend came
the use of the aniline dyes, which
makes wool hard and brittle and
shortens its life. instead Of the pure
vegetable dyes used in coloring the
old antiques"
Sweeper Prevents Wear.
( Kashan is perhaps the most IA
nous Of Persian rugs. Kirman rugs
are also Persian, though their
elaborate floral designs deceive those
unversed In rug lore into believing
them of French manufacture. Ker-
manshah Is another brilliant name
in the Persian rug realm, which is
world wide. ~Karmanshah rugs rank
perhaps next to Kashan. Tabriz
rugs: made in the Persian city of
that name, show more markedly the
effects OF European influence. In
Turkish rugs the Ghiordes and
Anatolian are regarded as the most
notable.
Oriental rugs are so beautiful that
1t was only natural for those own.
ing them to turn to the electric
suction sweeper as a means of
keeping them free from sand and
dirt.
Not only the owners Of oriental
rugs, but owners of all other kinds
Of rugs are beginning to appreciate
fully" declared one electrical goods
dealer recently, that rug wear 10
due almost entirely to the grinding
action of shoe leather on the for
eign matter which becomes imbed.
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