THE BAKER HUNTING RUG
BY COURTESY OF MR. GEORGE F. BAKER
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Abrashes. The name applied to an irregularity in weaving in which the color of the groundwork in a rug is suddenly changed, giving it the appearance of having changed weavers' hands at that part. This is a Kurdish characteristic.
Afghan (Ăf-găn), see [Khiva].
Afghanistan (Ăf-găn' ĭs-tăn). Bounded on the north by Turkestan, on the south by Beluchistan, on the west by Persia, and on the east by India. It covers about 215,444 square miles and has a population of nearly five millions. It is generally mountainous and the climate is severe, being hot and dry in the summer and cold and stormy in the winter. The government is an hereditary absolute monarchy of an Oriental despotic type.
Aine. A Persian word meaning an oasis or fountain. It is sometimes used by retailers, but is not a specific trade name.
Ak Hissar (Ä-khis-sär'), Akhissar, Aksar, Axar. A city of Western Anatolia, near Smyrna, with a population of 12,000. The meaning of the name is "White Fortress." For description of the so-called Akhissar rug, see [Turkish classification].
Aksar, see [Ak Hissar].
Anatolia (Ăn-ä-tō' liä). Another name for Asia Minor.
Angora (Ăn-gō' rä). Name of a province and a city, the latter being the capital of the former with a population of 28,000. The province is noted for the so-called Angora goats.
Ardebil (Är-dĕ-bēl'). Name of a Persian town on the west shore of the Caspian Sea in the Azerbijan province. It is from here that the celebrated Ardebil carpet, which is now in the South Kensington Museum, came.