Sizes.—Generally long and narrow (runners). Seldom small.
Prices.—The antiques bring fabulous prices. Fragments have sold in recent years for $300 to $1000, and many carpets have brought from $15,000 to $25,000.
Remarks.—Extremely rare. Almost impossible to secure a genuine specimen. The Saruks are the Ispahans of the present day. The antiques are examples of the most perfect weaving skill. Many of the so-called Ispahans of the 16th and 17th centuries were really productions of Herat.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
In this choice old piece of the sixteenth century the Shah Abbas design, one of the most beautiful of all ancient designs, is used freely in the field and in the main border stripe. The fir tree and the cloud band are also freely employed in the field, the latter showing the Mongolian influence which was quite prominent in many of the fifteenth and sixteenth century pieces.
JOSHAGHAN
Synonyms.—Djoshaghan, Djushaghan, Youraghan.
Why So Named.—After the Persian village and the district of Joshaghan, where they are made.
Knot.—Ghiordes. Number vertically eight to twenty; number horizontally eight to twenty: number to square inch sixty-four to four hundred.