Oriental rugs, antique and modern . re for the export trade in AsiaMinor rugs. Many of the people are also largely engaged in theindustry of weaving, but almost all weavers are now in the employof large companies who furnish the materials and patterns. As aresult, the Smyrna rugs are mere copies of well-known types of otherTurkish pieces, or, as is generally the case, of stereotyped patternsthat have been evolved to meet the requirements of European andAmerican tastes. Many of the rugs, to be sure, are well woven andserviceable, but they lack individuality of character. Melez. — About seventy-
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . re for the export trade in AsiaMinor rugs. Many of the people are also largely engaged in theindustry of weaving, but almost all weavers are now in the employof large companies who furnish the materials and patterns. As aresult, the Smyrna rugs are mere copies of well-known types of otherTurkish pieces, or, as is generally the case, of stereotyped patternsthat have been evolved to meet the requirements of European andAmerican tastes. Many of the rugs, to be sure, are well woven andserviceable, but they lack individuality of character. Melez. — About seventy-five miles to the south of Smyrnaand twenty from the Mediterranean Sea is the town of Melassa, orMelez. It is now little known, but was once the market place ofan important rug-producing district, which included a large partof the classic province of Caria. Accordingly, the pieces that camefrom there were sometimes called Carian, but are more generallyknown as Melez. On their face they show a close relationship to the Anatolians,. Plate 40. Kabistan Rug ASIA MINOR RUGS 177 and also, though in a less degree, to many other Asia Minor rugs;yet as is to be expected of the products from one corner of the country,they have a distinct individuality in both pattern and colour. Oc-casionally an old piece is seen, in which the border is very narrowand the whole field is covered with parallel stripes on which aresystematically arranged geometric and semi-floral forms; but as arule the fields are not much wider, and often less wide, than each ofthe adjacent borders. Within this central space are frequently ar-ranged prominent designs, which are widely different from the de-signs of any other rugs, and are suggestive of Chinese ornament,but were doubtless derived from floral or tree forms (Plate O, , Page 291). Moreover, projecting in regular order from the alter-nate sides of the narrow border stripe, next to the field, are some-times seen thumb-like figures, that fit against one a
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