The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-04-01
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that and Their RaoI<a Fern an in-
poaant Guide 10 Their Study
70 tell an Oriental rug from q
machine rug look at the back and At
the fringe, says writer ia Co1aAry
Life in America.
Tne pattern Of Oriental ~ shows
distinctly through on the baci for the
same knots whose cut ends stands UP
to form tie pile n fare the
rug show on the back IS tiny loops
around the warp threads, almost con-
cealing both warp and weft.
OF course Crier q can be and
have been woven with double pile, on
back as well as on face, like the do
nestle SmyrBas but thesc arc as rare
as May flowers in November. The
back eli most Oriental rugs is fat and
hard, and the pattern that On the
face is scatenad by the myriad ways
in which the pile reflects the light is
ssiff as that Of domestic brussels
rug On the back.
BY Wag Of camDarlson turn ever
a Wilton or a Brussels rug. The back
is barren The wool IS TOO precious
to be wasted there. The construction
is such that the wooden pile loops
gingelly into the upper part Of the
web only, leaving cheaper yarns to
meet the floor. Exceptions to this
.<rule among d0mesHcs are rag carpets
md SfDyrnas. whose warp is thin and
tenuous and does not count ia the
design.
Just as there are domestic rugs
without pile SO there are 0fientals,
The two types are Kelims and Cash
meres le1s0 called Soumaks}. Kellms
are tapestries in weave. like the more
intricate Eobelih and Aubusson tap
estries. or the still coarser Navajo
blankets ard Mexican serapes. Face
and back are exactly ale, both Eat
and without pile. except for the loose
threads sometimes clipped SMOOTH
that in the back show where the Weft
has wandered from block to block Of
the same color.
Where eolors meet parallel with the
warp, Helms, like most other tapest-
ries, show open Sits left by the tap
estry weave and often sewed up after
ward. Kelins are much thinner than
other rugs and are often used as
portieres. Where they. are to be used
on the floor they should be lined. They
are comparatively inexpensive.
A heavier rug without pile is the
Cashmere. The weave is curious. It
consists in the wrapping or twisting
Of the welt over pairs of warp threads
in such a way as to bind them indis-
solubly together. The loose threads
that mark the passage Of tire welt
from block to block Of caicr can be
clearly seen on the bsclI CT the rug.
I Cashmeres are ezeSedinglg durable
but not as Interesting in texture as
pile rugs. The colors are apt to ~
sharp, there being 40 pie to dun
them.
Oriental rugs as a rule wear their
own hair or fringe-in other words
are self fringed, with q fringe made
Of the extended warp. In all Oriental
rugs that have a wooden warp the
fringe is an important and exceeding
" interesting feature. The fringe q
the Cashmere is never heavy.
Especially interesting is the fringe
Of Belouches and BOkharas. 1t - usu-
] ally accompanied hy wide band Of
fat web Commonly called .selvage).
This band is often ornamented with
bright eolored, tiny figures in broche
or tapestry weave or embrcidery
Such band has decided usefulness
It guards the pile at the lines Of
greatest tenderness; for the web that
closes naturally at the sides is open
at the ends when special means are
not taken to close it.
In rugs with a wooden warp the
ends are most beautiful and the whole
structure is more flexible and more
sympathetic to the touch. But the
greater elasticity Of ,woolen warps
produces rugs that pull out of shape
more easily and that are seldom abb
solutely straight, even when first
woven. This is a pardonablo, almoct
a desirable fault in small rugs, but
ii ruins large ones. This is undoubt-
edly the reason why the warps q
large rugs are almost without excep-
ton Of the sitter material.
Most domestic rugs have either no
fringes or sewed on ones. Rag car
pets are self fringed, but the fringes
are decidedly uninterestin8. So the
fringes are one eff the most important
helps in quickly distinguishing rugs
of Oriental hand weave from RUGS
woven by machine in Oriental pat
terms.
How coIored Fires ere Made.
For the production Of red, green,
.-oLlour md hlna fires ona-ffLh nart Of