TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF CENTRAL ASIATIC RUGS
Legend:
KNOT—
H = Horizontally
P = Perpendicularly
WARP—
g = goat’s hair
e = each equally prominent
d = 1 to the knot depressed
h = 1 to the knot doubled under
WEFT—
g = goat’s hair
No. = No. times crossing bet. two round knots
SIDES—
O = overcasting
S = selvage
LOWER END
W = web
S = Selvage
K = Rows knots
L = warp loops
F = fringe
UPPER END
W = web
S = selvage
K = Rows knots
T = turned back and hemmed
F = fringe
| CENTRAL ASIATIC | KNOT | WARP | ||||||||
| G = Ghiordes | S = Sehna | Number to Inches | w= wool | c= cotton | g | At back | ||||
| H | P | e | d | h | ||||||
| Afghan Beluchistan Beshire Princess Bokhara Royal Bokhara Tekke Bokhara Khivah Samarkand Yomuk | G G [G] | S S S S S S S S S | 5-8 6-9 6-9 8-12 8-12 7-12 6-10 6-8 7-12 | 7-10 7-10 8-11 16-24 14-18 9-14 8-14 5-8 9-17 | w w [w] w w w w [w] w | [c] c | [g] [g] g [g] [g] [g] g | e e e e e e e | d d [d] [d] d [d] | h |
| CENTRAL ASIATIC | WEFT | SIDES | LOWER END | |||||||
| w = wool | c = cotton | s/j | No. | O | S | W/S | K | L | F | |
| Afghan Beluchistan Beshire Princess Bokhara Royal Bokhara Tekke Bokhara Khivah Samarkand Yomuk | w w [w] w w w w [w] w | [c] c | g | 2 2 2/[1] 2 2 2 2 2 2 | O O O | S S S [S] S S S | W W W [W] W W W W W | K | L | F F F F F F F F |
| CENTRAL ASIATIC | UPPER END | NAP | WEAVE | TEXTURE | |||
| W/S | K | T | F | l = long m = medium s = short | f = fine m = medium c = coarse | l = loose m = medium f = firm | |
| Afghan Beluchistan Beshire Princess Bokhara Royal Bokhara Tekke Bokhara Khivah Samarkand Yomuk | W W W W W W W W W | [T] | F F F F F F F F F | m m m s m/s m/s m m m | m/c c c f m/s m/f m c m/c | f m/l f f f f f m f | |
[] indicates the less frequent condition.