Oriental rugs, antique and modern . ry, blue, and red,with minor quantities of green and brown. Knot, Ghiordes. Knotsto inch horizontally seven to ten; perpendicularly, eight to rows of knots are not firmly pressed down, so that the warpmay be seen at back. Warp, wool; each of the two threads encircledby a knot is equally prominent at back. Weft, wool, of mediumdiameter. A thread of weft crosses twice between every two rowsof knots. Pile, wool, of short or medium length. Border, three tofive stripes. Sides, generally a double overcasting, but occasionallya double selvage of two or t
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . ry, blue, and red,with minor quantities of green and brown. Knot, Ghiordes. Knotsto inch horizontally seven to ten; perpendicularly, eight to rows of knots are not firmly pressed down, so that the warpmay be seen at back. Warp, wool; each of the two threads encircledby a knot is equally prominent at back. Weft, wool, of mediumdiameter. A thread of weft crosses twice between every two rowsof knots. Pile, wool, of short or medium length. Border, three tofive stripes. Sides, generally a double overcasting, but occasionallya double selvage of two or three cords. Both ends, a web, one row ofknots or more, and a warp fringe. Texture, moderately firm. Weaveat back is of medium grain. Usual length, four and one half to sixand one half feet. Usual width, five eighths to three quarters length. Tcherkess. — The narrow strip of fertile and beautiful countrythat reaches from the Kuban valley southward along the shore of theBlack Sea for a distance of two hundred miles is occupied by a. Plate 47. Kazak Prayer Rug CAUCASIAN RUGS 209 people known to the western world as Circassians. In their own landthey are called Tcher-Kesses, a Tartar term for cutter of roadsor highwaymen; and they have been in the habit of speaking of them-selves as Adighies or Nobles. In fact, there has been no prouderCaucasian race, even though their homes were often log huts andtheir daughters were sold in the markets of Constantinople. Theseare the people, who half a century ago finally yielded after a long,fierce struggle for independence; but a hundred thousand families,preferring exile to submission to the Czar, migrated to Armeniaand Asia Minor, where they intermarried with other races, and arerapidly losing their identity. Very few of the Circassian or Tcherkess rugs have been wovenby those who left their country. The best were made before theexodus; and on account of the hardships and poverty of the people,many that have come to the market within recent
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