YURUK RUG
Size 4'2" × 6'3"
PROPERTY OF MR. F. A. TURNER, BOSTON, MASS.
YURUK
Synonyms.—Yurouk, Yaruk.
Why So Named.—The word "Yuruk" means mountaineer, and the rugs are so named because they are woven by the mountaineers who wander with their flocks on the southern and middle ranges of Anatolia.
Knot.—Ghiordes. Number vertically six to twelve; number horizontally seven to ten; number to square inch fifty-six to one hundred twenty.
Warp.—Brown wool or goats' hair. Frequently dyed.
Woof.—Brown wool or goats' hair. Frequently dyed.
Nap.—Fine, long, fluffy, lustrous wool, sometimes mixed with goats' hair.