Oriental rugs, antique and modern . numbers ofrugs, it is possible to arrange them with reasonable accuracy inseries that represent progressive forms of ornamentation and designfrom the archaic to the modern. A most important aid to this ar-rangement is the interdependence so conspicuous in the severalarts of China; for designs of innumerable articles with well-estab-lished ages, especially of the ceramic art, have been copied by theweavers. Technical peculiarities in weaving are also an aid in determiningthe period to which rugs belong. An important distinction, forinstance, often exists in t
Oriental rugs, antique and modern . numbers ofrugs, it is possible to arrange them with reasonable accuracy inseries that represent progressive forms of ornamentation and designfrom the archaic to the modern. A most important aid to this ar-rangement is the interdependence so conspicuous in the severalarts of China; for designs of innumerable articles with well-estab-lished ages, especially of the ceramic art, have been copied by theweavers. Technical peculiarities in weaving are also an aid in determiningthe period to which rugs belong. An important distinction, forinstance, often exists in the manner in which the material is pieces of yarn be taken from old rugs and carefully examined, asthey are untwisted, the simpler, cruder methods of spinning practisedin former days are often apparent. In some of the oldest fabricsthat remain the wool was very loosely spun. Irregularities in thesize of yarn are also more noticeable in old than in modern pieces. More important often in determining the relative age of a rug. Plate 60. Beluchistan Prayer Rug CHINESE RUGS 265 than either design or technical peculiarities of weaving, is the shadeof colour; for however excellent were the original dyes and whatevercare was exercised in their application, they slowly changed under themellowing influence of time to tones that are obtained by no humanprocess. Furthermore, as is the case with porcelains, certain colourswere peculiar to certain periods. For instance, golden browns areseen mostly in pieces woven before the middle of the XVIII Century,and azure blue in pieces woven before the XIX Century. Yellowwith a lemon or citron cast is found principally in pieces woven sincethe beginning of the XVIII Century; and green is rarely found inpieces woven before the middle of the XVIII Century. Aniline dyeswere not introduced into China much before the year 1870. Thetime when a rug was woven may safely be regarded as not moreremote than the period when the ornamentation and designs
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