Sizes.—Modern ones in carpet size; antiques three to five by five to eight.
Remarks.—The antiques are very rare and the modern ones are much inferior. Many of them are so thick and heavy that they cannot be folded but must be rolled up.
THE EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATED
Maj. L. B. Lawton's Description.—A complete rug in rare design. Usually such rarities are cut up so as to show the breaks in pattern, and fortunate collectors get one fraction. The soft colors in this are unusual even in Bijar.
See also illustration on page [328].
KERMANSHAH (MODERN)
Why So Named.—After the city of Kermanshah from which they are shipped, it being a great caravan centre.
Where Made.—In the vicinity of Tabriz and of Sultanabad.
Knot.—Nearly always the Senna, seldom the Ghiordes. Number vertically eight to sixteen; number horizontally eight to twelve; number to the square inch sixty-four to one hundred ninety-two.
BIJAR RUG
Size 3'9" × 2'9"
PROPERTY OF MISS EMILY DAVIS, BUFFALO, N. Y.