Designs.—Usually bold geometrical designs. Every sort of a device both curved and rectilineal. The latch hook is especially common. The prayer rugs are patterned somewhat after the Ghiordes and Ladik.
Sizes.—From one to four by one and one-half to six feet. Seldom larger.
Prices.—From $0.25 to $3.00 per square foot.
Remarks.—Frequently crooked. Attractive on account of their oddity. Very serviceable. Some of the antique Anatolians are made in sections and afterwards sewed together.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
See color plate at page [60] with accompanying description.
BERGAMA
Synonyms.—Bergamo, Pergamo.
Why So Named.—A corruption of the word Pergamo, which is the name of a small village of 3000 inhabitants, about forty miles northeast of Smyrna, where they are made.