. The practical book of oriental rugs . hinese rugs, named in order of their employ-ment, are dark blue, yellow, light blue, apricot,ivory white, dark brown, cream, old red, tan,fawn, robins egg blue, green, fruit red, i)er- 306 ANTIQUE CHINESE CUSHION RUGSize 22X 22 FBOM THE COLLECTION Of THE AUTBOB Knot: Senna. Eight to the inch hoqjontally and six verti-cally, making only forty-eight to the square in(^, but the pile woolis so fluffy that it has the appearance of being quite closely woven. This piece is undoubtedly a very old one. It has a long silkypile with deep Chinese blue ground, displa
. The practical book of oriental rugs . hinese rugs, named in order of their employ-ment, are dark blue, yellow, light blue, apricot,ivory white, dark brown, cream, old red, tan,fawn, robins egg blue, green, fruit red, i)er- 306 ANTIQUE CHINESE CUSHION RUGSize 22X 22 FBOM THE COLLECTION Of THE AUTBOB Knot: Senna. Eight to the inch hoqjontally and six verti-cally, making only forty-eight to the square in(^, but the pile woolis so fluffy that it has the appearance of being quite closely woven. This piece is undoubtedly a very old one. It has a long silkypile with deep Chinese blue ground, displa^^ing a central medallionof floral forms, frets and swastikas woven in soft fed, yellow, draband white. Also comer motifs in similar colors,,^! of which isframed by three harmonious borders, an inner band consisting ofwhite dots on a blue background;, the main border stripe composedof graceful floral scrolls and blossoms in yfello-v^, light blue, drab, redand white on a blue ground, and the p^e^.bprder of plain blue. (See page 301) , .. m^^mM^££m CHINESE RUGS Simmon red, ash white, sapphire blue, peach blow,salmon pink, brownish red, brick red, greenishyellow, turquois blue, copper pink, and black. The different shades are of considerable assist-ance to the connoisseur in estimating the age of arug, for instance, robins egg blue, golden brown,and tan were mostly in vogue during the 17th cen-tury, and during that period, green and lemoncitron, greenish and reddish yellows were neveremployed. THE EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATEDThree color plates of these attractive ruga are given, withaccompanying descriptions (see pages 300, 306 and 318). GHILEEMS. SILKS, AND FELTS GHILEEMS, SILKS, AND FELTS GHILEEMS Also spelled Gileem, Gilim, Khilim, Kilim,Killim. A pileless rug which is made by bindinga dyed weft thread around the warp threads bymeans of a shuttle or needle, making the fabricalike on both sides and leaving open spaces be-tween the warp threads where the changes ofcolor are made. This
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