Part 1 — CHART SHOWING THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE DIFFERENT RUGS (part 2)
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Pile Ends Sides
Wool Cotton Goat's Hair Camel's Hair Silk Short Medium Long Texture Narrow Web Wide Web Hemmed Web Parti-colored Strands in Web Dyed Web Loose Warp Ends Braided Warp Ends Knotted Warp Ends Overcast Selvaged
PERSIAN
Bakhshis A F R C A R O R S
Gorevan A F R C A R O R S
Serapi A F R C A R O R S
Kara Dagh R O O R f R R oe Rr R O R
Kashan R O A f A A A
Souj Bulak A O R fl tu R R R oe A
Tabriz A A fu A O O A An., R Mo. O An. S Mo. R
Bijar R O R F tu A R oe R oe A
Kermanshah A R O f A A A
Senna A A fu A O A A Fs
Feraghan R F An. R Mo. R A O A oe A
Hamadan R Fpa R F R oe R oe F A
Ispahan A A f A A A
Joshaghan A O R A A A
Saraband A A fu A O Rlb A oe A
Saruk A A fu A O A A Fds
Sultanabad A O R C A A A
Mahal A O R C A A A
Muskabad A O R C A A A
Niris A R O O R R A
Shiraz A R F Rh A Em Rr A A Rpc
Herat A O R A Rb A A
Khorasan A F R fl A A R Oad
Meshed A R F fl A A A
Kirman A A fu A A A
Kurdistan R O O O R tu A F oe A g or b R oe R A iw
TURKISH
Kir Shehr A S O R fl A R R O R O ad
Oushak A R O fl R Rg or r R R O
Karaman A R O C R O Rr R R O
Konieh A O An. R Mo. R fl A A Mo. R An. O An. R Mo. O
Mujur A R R Rr R A
Ladik A R O fl A Rr R A w ad
Yuruk R Fha R O fl A Rb F R O Rgh Rh Rgh
Ak Hissar Mo. R Mo. F An. A F R fl A A R O
Anatolian R O R O fl O R Rw O R Ah
Bergama A O R fl A Rr O R Aw
Ghiordes R O Mo. A An. R f A An. R Mo. S Mo. R A Ad s
Kulah R O An. R O Mo. R A Ry A Mo. R An. A ad Mo. O
Meles A R O O A A A ad ie
Makri A O R O R R O O R
Smyrna A R F fl A R R O
Mosul R F O R F fl A O R A oe O O R O
CAUCASIAN
Daghestan A O R A Rg R R O R
Derbend A O R R O Rb R R R O
Kabistan A R O A R ic R iw R O
Tchetchen A R O A Rb R R O R
Baku R O Fpa F R A R R O
Shemakha p R R R O R
Shirvan A R O R Rb R R R O
Genghis R O F R O Rh O g. r. or b R O Rh
Karabagh R O O R A R oe Rr or b R oe Mo. R An O An. R
Kazak A O R fl A O oe Rr or b R oe O O R w
TURKOMAN
Khiva R O F R f O R R Rd A Ah
Beshir R O R R Rr R O A
Tekke R O O R O fu F R Rd A R O
Yomud R O F R A R Rr or b A A Rpc
Kashgar R O O R R O A A ad
Yarkand R O O R R O A A ad
Samarkand R O R O C O R Rb or y O R R Mo. R An. O An. R Mo. O
Beluchistan R F O O R O A F Rd Mo. O An. A O hh
Chinese R O F R C A R Mo. R An. R
Explanation of Symbols: A = always; R = as a rule; F = frequently; O = occasionally; S = seldom; An. = antiques; Mo. = moderns; em = embroidered; ad = added; c = coarse; f = fine; fl = fluffy; h = heavy; t = thick; w = wide; u = upright; oe = one end; pa = part; p = pileless; pc = parti-colored; g = gray; lb = light blue; y = yellow; r = red; d = dark; b = brown; bl = black; ic = if cotton; iw = if wool; gh = goats' hair; hh = horse hair; s = silk.
From the foregoing table the following facts may be advantageously emphasized, viz: (1) Comparatively few rugs are tied with the Senna knot, and these are mostly of the Persian and Turkoman classes. (2) All Persian and Caucasian rugs are tied with the Ghiordes knot. (3) Most of the finest Persian rugs have cotton warp and woof, and are tied with the Senna knot. (4) The Kurdistan is the only one of the Persian classification which ever has a dyed warp, but many of them have a dyed woof. (6) The Turkish and Caucasian rugs, as a rule, have a wool warp and woof. (7) The Persians nearly all have narrow webs, with the exception of the Niris and the Shiraz, which have wide ones. (8) All Turkish rugs have narrow webs, with the exception of the Karaman, the Ladik and the Bergama, which have wide ones. (9) As a rule the Caucasians have narrow webs, and the Turkoman have wide ones. (10) The knotted warp ends are found especially among the Caucasian rugs. (11) As a rule the Persians are overcast on the sides, and the Turkish and Turkoman are selvaged, while the Caucasians are as much one way as the other. (12) The length of the pile is of very little assistance in classifying.