| PERSIAN | KNOT | WARP | ||||||||
| G = Ghiordes | S = Sehna | Number to Inches | w= wool | c= cotton | s/l | At back | ||||
| H | P | e | d | h | ||||||
| Persian Kurdistan Western Kurdistan Mahal Meshed Mosul Muskabad Niris Sarabend Sarouk Sehna Serapi Shiraz Suj-Bulak Tabriz | G G G [G] G G G G [G] [G] G G | S S S S S S S S | 5-9 4-17 7-12 8-15 5-7 6-11 6-11 8-13 12-20 12-24 7-12 8-12 6-12 10-22 | 6-13 6-9 6-12 12-17 7-9 6-11 7-15 9-13 12-20 12-24 7-12 8-12 6-12 10-22 | w w [w] w w w w | c c [c] c c c c c c | [l] [l] [g] [l] | e e e e e e e e | d d d d [d] d [d] [d] | h [h] [h] h h [h] h |
| PERSIAN | WEFT | SIDES | LOWER END | |||||||
| w = wool | c = cotton | s/l | P | O | S | W/S | K | L | F | |
| Persian Kurdistan Western Kurdistan Mahal Meshed Mosul Muskabad Niris Sarabend Sarouk Sehna Serapi Shiraz Suj-Bulak Tabriz | w [w] w [w] w w w w [w] W | c c [c] c c c c c c | [1] | 2 2 2 2 2/[1] 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 | O O O O O O O O O O O | S S S | W W W W W W W [W] W [W] W W W W | [K] [K] | L [L] L L | F F F F F F F [F] F F |
| PERSIAN | 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 | |
| Persian Kurdistan Western Kurdistan Mahal Meshed Mosul Muskabad Niris Sarabend Sarouk Sehna Serapi Shiraz Suj-Bulak Tabriz | W W [W] W/[S] [W] W W W W W W W W | [K] K | T [T] [T] | F F F F F F F F F F F F F F | l l m m m m m m/s s s m m m s | c c c m c c m m/f f m c m m/c f | f f m/f m/f m/f m/f l f f m f l m/l f |
[] indicates the less frequent condition.
CHAPTER X
ASIA MINOR RUGS
LL rugs that are woven in the Turkish provinces of Asia are frequently grouped together and called “Turkish” rugs; but a more natural classification is to distinguish between those made to the east and those made to the west of a line drawn from the Gulf of Iskenderoon to Trebizond, deflecting slightly in its course so as to follow the ridges that divide the watershed of the western forks of the Euphrates river from the plateau of Anatolia. With the exception of the very few pieces that come from Syria or other southerly districts, those woven in the Turkish provinces east of this line show such a relationship to those of Persia that they are more properly classed with them; while on the other hand, with the exception of the rugs of the wandering Yuruks, those woven to the west of this line and in the neighbouring islands of the Mediterranean conform so closely to a common type that they fall naturally into a separate group. It is better, therefore, to treat them separately and to call them the Asia Minor Rugs.