Prices.—$1.50 to $3.50 per square foot.
Remarks.—Antiques durable, pliable, and soft. Especially suitable for living rooms, libraries, and halls. Modern ones are good in every respect excepting the dyes.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
For description see tissue accompanying color plate at page [32].
MESHED
Synonyms.—Mashhed, Meshad.
Why So Named.—After Meshed, the capital of Khorasan, where they are made.
Knot.—Usually the Senna, seldom the Ghiordes. Number vertically nine to twenty; number horizontally eight to twelve; number to square inch seventy-two to two hundred forty.
Warp.—Nearly always cotton, seldom wool.
Woof.—Usually wool, frequently cotton.