Oriental rugs, antique and modern . city of Ecbatana, capital of Media; and here guarded byJews is a tomb, which tradition declares is the burial place of Estherand Mordecai. Within the encircling walls are gardens, bazaars,and mosques; yet the present city of forty thousand inhabitants withits general misery and squalor has little to remind one of the mag-nificence of that former capital which for a short period was mis-tress of the world. Like Yezd, Hamadan is famous for its namads; and like Yezdit once produced, according to tradition, most beautiful silk carpets,though no longer are any wo
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . city of Ecbatana, capital of Media; and here guarded byJews is a tomb, which tradition declares is the burial place of Estherand Mordecai. Within the encircling walls are gardens, bazaars,and mosques; yet the present city of forty thousand inhabitants withits general misery and squalor has little to remind one of the mag-nificence of that former capital which for a short period was mis-tress of the world. Like Yezd, Hamadan is famous for its namads; and like Yezdit once produced, according to tradition, most beautiful silk carpets,though no longer are any woven there. But its looms have beenbusy for the last few generations weaving rugs of wool and camelshair, which have such marked individuality that they bear unmis-takably on their face the stamp of identification. The few old rugsthat remain are sterling pieces, which are stoutly woven and ofexcellent dyes. They come in many sizes; some are simply mats, Lv^titi ^ tC^kte^i^ii^^L^iiic^)^ .».../ MS r nl,lVi«)iliffr:iV ftfftrfljlllfi. Plate 28. Bergamo Prayer Rug PERSIAN RUGS 123 others sedjadehs, and an unusually large number are runners. Thetypical pattern of the mats and smaller sedjadehs consists of acentral diamond-shaped medallion, surrounded by a field of contrast-ing colour, from which are set off the triangular-shaped the large sedjadehs and in the runners, which are sometimestwenty feet or more in length, are often three or more pole medal-lions, though the pole device may be omitted. These medallionsand corners are covered with small, carefully drawn geometricfigures, or more frequently with floral designs such as appear inFeraghans, and as a rule are defined by serrated lines or are fringedwith hooks or comb-like teeth. The colour of the surrounding fieldis unobtrusive. In some pieces it is void of pattern, and its monot-onous tone is broken only by slight variations of shade; yet notinfrequently it is marked with faint lines of slightly darker or lighterti
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