Oriental rugs, antique and modern . e use of natural wool of reddish brown colour,obtained from sheep which live on the mountain ranges to the southof Karaman. The pile is long, the weave is never very firm, andat each end is a coloured web. Sivas. — In the city of Sivas, at the eastern end of Anatolia,and in the villages of the surrounding plain, girls and women havewoven rugs from time immemorial; but on account of the difficul-ties of transportation few of them reach this country. The care-fully finished sides and ends, the formal character of the pattern, andthe almost harsh effect of the
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . e use of natural wool of reddish brown colour,obtained from sheep which live on the mountain ranges to the southof Karaman. The pile is long, the weave is never very firm, andat each end is a coloured web. Sivas. — In the city of Sivas, at the eastern end of Anatolia,and in the villages of the surrounding plain, girls and women havewoven rugs from time immemorial; but on account of the difficul-ties of transportation few of them reach this country. The care-fully finished sides and ends, the formal character of the pattern, andthe almost harsh effect of the strongly contrasting colours of manyof them are unlike what are found in the nomadic rugs made fartherto the east and west. In the weave is a hint of Persian influence;for not only are both warp and weft of cotton, but the warp is ofsmall diameter and well spun, and one of the two threads to whicha knot is tied is depressed below the other. The pattern, on the otherhand, is distinctly Turkish. One of the best known types consists. Plate 43. Tcherkess Rug ASIA MINOR RUGS 189 of a large hexagon that reaches to the sides and ends, and containswithin it a medallion on which are designs similar to those seen inBergamos. On the white field surrounding the medallion are oftensmall rosettes and floral figures. The corners of the field may befringed with running latch-hooks or a row of formal Ts, and containa rosette at their centre. The borders are rarely wide, and oftenconsist of a single stripe that contains some conventionalised floralform. Although these rugs are well woven, their crude blendingof floral and geometric figures, as well as their formality of drawing,which is accentuated by the shortness of the nap, are most sugges-tive of Occidental conventions. Type Characteristics. Colours, principally red and white; alsodull blue, green, and light yellow. Knot, Ghiordes. Knots to inchhorizontally seven to eleven; perpendicularly, nine to fifteen. Ahalf knot, as it appears at bac
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