TECHNICALITIES IN THE WEAVE OF ASIA MINOR RUGS
Legend:
KNOT—
H = Horizontally
P = Perpendicularly
WARP—
g = goat’s hair
s = silk
e = each equally prominent
d = 1 to the knot depressed
h = 1 to the knot doubled under
WEFT—
s = silk
j = jute
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
| ASIA MINOR | KNOT | WARP | ||||||||
| G = Ghiordes | S = Sehna | Number to Inches | w= wool | c= cotton | s/l | At back | ||||
| H | P | e | d | h | ||||||
| Anatolian Bergamo Ghiordes Karaman Kir-Shehr Konieh Kulah Ladik Meles Rhodian Sivas Youruk | G G G G G G G G G G G G | | 5-9 5-9 7-12 6-9 5-9 5-8 5-10 9-12 5-8 5-8 7-11 5-7 | 6-12 7-10 8-16 8-13 5-10 6-10 7-12 10-13 6-11 7-9 9-15 6-9 | w w w w w w w w w w w | c c | [g] | e e e e e [e] [e] e e e | [d] d [d] d d [d] d | [h] |
| ASIA MINOR | WEFT | SIDES | LOWER END | |||||||
| w = wool | c = cotton | s/j | No. | O | S | W/S | K | L | F | |
| Anatolian Bergamo Ghiordes Karaman Kir-Shehr Konieh Kulah Ladik Meles Rhodian Sivas Youruk | w w w w w w w w w w w w | c c | [j] | 2-4 2-6 2 2 2-6 2 2/[1] 2 4 2/[1-4] 2 2-4 | O O | S S S S S S S S S S S [S] | W W W [W] W W W W W W W W | [K] | L L L | F F F F F F F F F F |
| ASIA MINOR | 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 | |
| Anatolian Bergamo Ghiordes Karaman Kir-Shehr Konieh Kulah Ladik Meles Rhodian Sivas Youruk | W W W W/[S] W W W W W/S W/S W W | K | T [T] | F F F F F F F F F F F F | m m/l s l m m m/s m m/ l m/s l | c f f c c m/c m/c m m/c m/c m/c c | l m m l l m/f l m/f l m/l f l |
[] indicates the less frequent condition.