Oriental rugs, antique and modern . ool, of coarse diameter, occa-sionally dyed. A thread of weft crosses twice between every tworows of knots. Pile, wool, of moderate length. Border, three tosix stripes. Sides, sl double selvage of two or three cords. Both ends,a narrow web and short warp fringe. Texture, moderately at back is of rather coarse grain. Usual length, five to ninefeet. Usual width, two fifths to two thirds length. Mosuls. — Near the ruins of ancient Nineveh, on the bank ofthe Tigris, is the city of Mosul. Once it was not only an importantmart for wares carried up and d
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . ool, of coarse diameter, occa-sionally dyed. A thread of weft crosses twice between every tworows of knots. Pile, wool, of moderate length. Border, three tosix stripes. Sides, sl double selvage of two or three cords. Both ends,a narrow web and short warp fringe. Texture, moderately at back is of rather coarse grain. Usual length, five to ninefeet. Usual width, two fifths to two thirds length. Mosuls. — Near the ruins of ancient Nineveh, on the bank ofthe Tigris, is the city of Mosul. Once it was not only an importantmart for wares carried up and down the river, and for vast caravansfrom east and west, but it became noted for its textiles from whichwas derived the name muslin. At length on account of pestilence,misrule, and the sack of armies its population and industries havedwindled; though it is still the capital and commercial centre of adistrict that lies between the high table-lands surrounding Lake Vanand the low plains of Bagdad, and that extends across the Mesopo-. ?*- i ./> Plate 3o. Konieh Prayer Rug PERSIAN RUGS 153 tamian valley to the mountain ridges bordering Western this extensive area are large stretches of rich pasture, whereAbraham once fed his flocks, and where each year Kurdish nomadsfrom the north drive their sheep when the winter snows cover theirown hillsides. Arabs, Turks, Armenians, Jews, and Christianslikewise mingle with the natives, so that the population is as mixedas can be found anywhere in the Orient. Thus it happens that the rugs marketed in the city of Mosulare made by different races and show great diversity of would, indeed, be often difficult to distinguish them if the weavewere disregarded; for though they are prone to yellow and russethues, and the long wool is floccy as well as lustrous, there is no patternthat can be considered truly typical. Many of them borrow Cau-casian designs, such as stars, latch-hooks, diagonal bands, and barber-pole stripes
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