| Show a I I b H 1 t i i LURL bE S MY i t Ii k v K ew ri 1 I I n v 1 i 1 1 J II r i IJ J t 1 r L 1 3 1 t vr r 1 a r r a r t r r t a au 1 ti t t t LS a Q i w tr r J i J j 9 r KI ti t n r I r Mr t tr I t t r tl ti r A T T y rY Jr I I K r ti r 3 t tI I p i t 1 1 l J I d i tL b y v P rw rs t L x s tit 1 p as 1 p 2 r 3 1 l 1 I r ti built r d d y t e r it fr f y t J y r I Animal Rug from Mosque Once in Yerkes Collection r r I i Owned by Metropolitan Museum of Art I II I rit IdIO 1910 by the she Sem York ork Herald Florid Oo Go tit ll 11 mooted I O NCE mystery lilt tiffin are arc warp and woof I n jf If f the I Ill o till rug Sit St Hall histories are told tolt i fi 10 tic Initiated III In tor very er design and II H thet the I II Q passing lIas ius if M and Caul the 11 wieck of o t king kingdoms g II 1 doms are Included in ill the thc chapters chapter that they thuy tell tellIs tellIs 1 Is It lI any an wonder l that they Hold a n fascination I r I it those of this till Western world orld to spend r 1 millions m of dollars to acquit f them as ts t witness the re r remarkable 1 exhibition of these the e In lu the Metropolitan Museum of or Art Ait umpired ed of products I I of the ancient looms which owners have per permitted p r mIlted to he bl on public view until 1 V Crory i precious square there Is I perm with half for forgotten forr forI I r 1 gotten gollu legends 1 and nn traditions l r one conveys eO le s vol volumes 01 i umes In Its s which u t undated would reveal molly ity wonders of the mystic Unit Int I ost I l j The public mind has hns boon much mach recently I I l to the th Oriental rugs nips for the they linn hint r figured Il prominently 1 r In to the customs prosecutions Iro of the HIP government l I I for alleged and ind ant the story of the Ihl ruh I 1 I rug ru which was wag said lid bv h b some onH experts to 10 0 he III woith navy man nati times limes more moie than LImn the sum sums for which It vv was valued on DU the consular invoice has his been told Old i l Whether a n rug nip be he worth woith 1000 as liS Mils Ills one riot Was ion Mlp eup lI i I posed to be or nr which some ouie merchant In en enthusiasm II of or admiration thought It might from frum fromI j I some Interested 1 of great wealth 11 h and leaning 8 has his little to do with the nest and ro 10 I 1 qualities of these m carpet from the Cast f cm lands II So great groat has become the enthusiasm Imm of or Americans A for the 1 tn rugs ings IU S beginning U III with the Centennial oIS if it G tint lint New Nw York Is I the clearing house for those these fabrics for fot 01 the entire e I tr try Is IH now by Dr William It 1 curator of off the department of 11 le oi OIlI alive aits In the th thI I Museum of Ait rt to he be the greatest unit for thorn them known even en such Mich centres ns as Constantinople art and l taking second 8 piece I When hen prosperity smiles rules IlIe on an nn A American HUM 11 lean one on of his hl lh first t II ets of household Is I n a rug which Is I Ir really r worth while Those hose whose purses are arC unlimited I i ns os fai nl as ns but Im rare rire textiles Ore aie 0 concerned are fir now nl 1 P u thousands of dollars for products of oC the an nil ancient nilI anI I lent dent looms I Some of tho Ito stories which ire are ar connected with the rugs are more mor or less les fanciful but hut there therl Is R hardly n a really g great r nt rug nip ru h which Is not associated ns with deeds of o oi i prowess with acts of fanatical devotion or with long lou loui i i fold and dangerous pilgrimages ages s oer over deserts Infested by liy t marauding bands hans bandsMen bandsMen Men Jcu pare hive c been slain for the red ruby was wn he lIe Idols co eye tragedy Is l from front the brilliance f the tile anti and paintings of the great masters I f the th past have hae been stained d bv by IJ blood Moie beau benu I than rubles or diamonds mon s and aud expressing as much is the greatest works of the lIw artists of all nil time t nola le Ie Oriental rugs rU F ire are constantly being bi ought brought to toi I I i I leSe esc iese shores to find a n place In private gallery or on ou the till II l leer Joor of parlor pallor or library In some city mansion i I i il Many M ny a Magic Tale l If the he full of some ome of the world famous rugs could coult be lie known there would be IJ stories as re replete reIt replete It with ni mystery story Intrigue and 1111 strange Incident II I n os Of any of tho those e that centre about the fine corns of ot otI I royal and nm Imperial collections colle Hues Hu are aie of 0 them solves ele human documents woven from front the th life of ot I I II their makers Customs language religion lon all 1111 tho the thoI i Intimate concerns concern of or the people have hae a n direct influence I I upon the making of a true tine rig nig nl The llIe personal aspirations aspirations i hopes and characteristics of ot an nn Individual or ori II t it i m small group of Individuals ore are expressed in the thet t harmony of color and design esl rn Frequently a 0 great grent i I rug has tins been u n the tile work worl of or three genera generations t that have hue put their thought Into In Its Us fabric In almost all nil cases an Oriental rug comes from a home borne manufactured In lu the same seine room where when patents parents and on andI I I piss pass their lives tho the product of the family i born of or their very flesh tI J and an fruit of the best that thatIs I Is 18 In them No cold crystalline crystalline substance dug from the earth and capable of or being resolved Into chemical elements could possess the warm fascination that Is part of or ofa a II flue fine rug No treasure of or could coul i be surrounded with dhe he close human Interest sL that Is IsI i I i essentially port part of or a Q rugs cogs substance Perhaps nn an of o rug histories s would find Ond i ao 10 Oriental Orienti fabric that possesses poetesses as sinister a u past jr mr 1 nu Olt repelling an origin aa as thin tho sacred sacre nil air of or the town Iowa Indian tribe This curiosity Li LJ said bald to be he bee e by uY one of oC the few lew survivors l of the lowas lowns In Stroud Okla lit Lt Is one hundred and fifty years Y aIS old mud and cost cORt lives It Is 18 about live lire feet square and nud la Is I woven of the tho hair hall from I Kalpa In figures of oC black block white gray graj brown andred and aut ted red but Iut It t la Is certain that If f by ur some occult ono IIno might trace the dramas that Hint hac have surrounded J Ji i Turkish Persian and Dad Indian rugs he ho could i throw light upon happenings happening dark with tragedy After Alter being finished In lu the tho homes 9 throughout the rural districts they are woven on hand hantl looms 1 U bi by methods that have Luve ba ve probably changed little since the Um days daa a 11 of oC Cyrus the thc rugs ru s are carried caroled bj Uj their I owners to local markets mark tB or where they are of offered 0 to merchants and dealers that swarm through tho thou country These In turn up their bundles i and ind travel toward the larger marts notably Smyrna I I and antl Constantinople where they meet the demand or orth orthe th the outer out l world Often OlLen their lire are lonely and nud t I round nb about anti and they the moat pass pons I with Ith their rug nig nl trains rough e whorl when th h y art arc expound s d to to the pe pey peIr Ir r y J I yr Tr t t rf a 4 I I f go 7 Act n r a 4 y v vV U V 1 Z i 3 t t tJ J t tc n ry 7 y L aC i f w wl kY l N 14 j rt T n nir ky kyN ir j r rI I r J Y YI I rr a f Ctr l J y ti j S t t t r v vAr 1 tt l lL r Ar L i r y f r r 1 d K l ld d cf i 2 ic S SJ J J 5 1 rl s of outlaws rind and bandits um Attacks on rig nIl rigis i 1 is hints i r arc arp of frequent cc hi In distant le re I glons and nil the tile bu buyer cr who has bas a fortune In rugs lugs In lu his Ills keeping must be lie to 10 stand over ocr It with ready rea rill to defend It from n robbers lobber IOU CI They tell a story In of a n rug nig merchant who hind had wandered eret far for Into the tho mountains from Sara bura In III search of unusual specimens lIe He had with a II marvellous go goats its hall hair pra prayer pruel cr rug ing III of great value aluc In a II narrow lI valley he and his Ill two bearers were set Bet upon by h bandits and after lifter a n severe gle plc were beaten Into Insensibility and left for dead end The l he merchant returned to to hind him himself himself self sorely wounded and his rugs rubs stolen stole Ills bear bearers bearers ers died In the valley but hut he managed cd to drag him himself self bulf to the heights and a place of concealment Makes His Escape Living on roots nod and berries he In his fastness until he had somewhat recovered d and nud then theil Instead of ot seeking to escape from the wild region he tool the troll of his precious rug lug IU lie He dogged the robbers with patience and cunning through weeks of ot and suffering and came at III lust last to their village e Noting the but hut of or the leader lenter of the band he bl stole In In hj by night III ht killed the bandit as he slept and d tho rug ru Once more moio he hc took to the mountains and after another month of or he be won out of or the tile wilderness Into a city Ills prize which he took tonic ol ot length to one of If the tho world markets he sold old for Cor enough to muke mrle him wealth wealthy The rug reI Is said to be In an on AustrIan collection c at present One of ot the tIle most famous of antique Persian rugs Is 16 that known as ns the thc carpet now In Oho tho South Kensington Museum eum In London Into the de tic design sign sibil Is Lo the name of the maker Maksoud of 0 Kashan the Slave of the Holy Plato Place and ond the date dute of Its manufacture Is Lq i net Iet et as 1535 l 3 It Ls ll believed bel cd to contain 9 3 separate knots each cad tied LIed by IJ hand haut und and must necessarily have hn c consumed man many In Inthe Inthe the th ranking malting It was wag for tor 12 1 OO but Undoubtedly un undoubtedly would bring many times thIt tb l sum Rum If It It were wem placed on the again What Is culled called cull the companion piece to this rug which was however repaired by the addition of i a i border or er from flOm another source was wall sold at the auction of ot the Charles T 1 Yerkes collection for to Captain Joseph II H De La Mar and now adorns n orns his dadson homer home It also bore the thu same In lu Inscription Inscription as appears upon the South Kensington r Museum example which h Is as lIS follows I have no refuge In tho the world other then thy threshold th r My ly head has hRS no protection other than this porch w wa ay The work of the Slave of or the floy Place Maksoud ou of ot What bat a life lIo of devotion of toll is implied IUlI ell In these the blued I In n scrawling characters plated placed In Iii a medallion near the border bordor of or this thu noble rug Is something which transcends s the material imperial In lu It for tor there 1 laP en enmeshed meshed In Its strands and ant knots the heart and soul of lit litone one who spent his daya In this tabor labor of ot love lovo In lu the tho porch of ot tho the Great Mosque of or according to tho the tradition conveyed by lI tho the woven words wor R Perhaps i IlIf IK best known lenon tug nig nl In existence n IIi Is y the Knyal I raa rr i 1 r t 1 f ft fA t A r rr r A F 1 r 21 kc l t Y v L ti i ir rl i Uki r i io o A 4 4 4 f j 3 Hunting Rug with Inscriptions from the Koran Lent by George G F Baker Hunting Carpet of tie the t e Austrian Imperial and Royal Ho al Court According to legend It was WaN presented by lI Peter the Great It la It of ot gloat antiquity of Persian origin orl ln and aut shoes Chinese influence In the tho design which In III Includes Includes elaborate woven horsemen In III pursuit of deer and other animals and winged In gods I In contest with lions and buffaloes No dealer would be ready to any what this rug would bring If It offered tot for 01 sale gall bly no sum Rum could cou adequately express Its value alue Senator W V A Clark of or Montana was said bald to have purchased thirty mag specimens of or antique Persian rugs some Home few tew jeara ago 1110 for g He hIe Hewus was nits also credited with owning the largest collection of or rugs of the s sixteenth nth century In existence Of the highly distinctive rugs rug known to collectors perhaps none noue IH Is It bo to greatly IH as one which snow Ls s now In the il Museum of Vienna Its de tie design sign Is hi made up lip of or the ninetynine names naU of or Allah Allahand Allahand and null Inscriptions lu taken from this the Koran It Il was found in n a n mosque que at Aleppo and nud IH Is undoubtedly un ou very ery old ohl The rug recently here Is bellow believed cd bj by LJ experts to be the famous ruby rub rug ru of the Duke of Rutland group It Il t has been heen sought Nought many Imea Imes by dealers and Ind rumors to the oil cot t that It had bad been disposed of hue have recent recently reached New Now York Learning Rug Lore Study Stud and nud knowledge of rugs lire are comparatively moderna modern a fact whIch accounts for the shadowy shadow past pant 1 r il I r rr rA rati r A 54 ati 1 c rr t L r 4 t r f Y h ht r t I c t J I t o ot t j Dragon Rug XV YV Century Owned by byC byC byC C F Williams ams of or many that a II e familiar to present day ex experts experts throughout bout the world At all times since ch cl began aJl the diamond and the ruby have liue been lIeen reco recognized nod and fought over but hut It Is IH only within the lIw last century or ou so that rugs have come conic Into their proper place as objects lo to bu IJu sought ought and differ differentiated Only within the last thirty yeu 01 s has bus there been anything like full and exact Information con cou concerning coining ing in masterpieces So o rapidly has the Oriental rug mounted Into favor fior that dealers havo o been boon haul hard put to It to hud fled the th necessary supply The conditions have hac called forth the thu skilful Imitator who has hns given quite as n much touch attention of late Inte to the tho manufacture of ot antiques In ha rugs H as us bo lIo has lo to the production of M spurious paint paintings lags ings attributed to old ol taster lasters and to lo the designing of heathen Idols The Imitator has hns a n 1 very e er fair chance of ot making good gool his Ills deception in the matter of rugs so long as ns he has to do du with the uninitiated The dc dye e pots of or rug making linkIng contain secret com Coin compounds pounds poun s that are Gainfully carefully guarded anti and concealed Pro Irom I row m onions beets blood Indigo madder and 1101 the tho Juice Julee of or berries are produced the th wonderfully loft colors that form the tIle chief attraction in line Una rugs rUbS In Inage Inage Inage age the tile colors become mellowed old and blended and thin th difference between a real antique nod and a new nl rug ru fiCi fresh h from the loom Is plain pIli In to the thc least experienced tint lint the tho Imitator act neu upon the thor theory that flint due to gradual gru and HUt natural causes may always be bo simulated So he takes new tugs rugs of or recent rec nt facture crops them then close clOe and washes washer 1 them thew rigor rigorously oual In n various chemicals that subdue the tones and lilt add Ill a lustre Tho ho result Is I frequently an an antique that hut will trill pass muster with alth an nn any one except an expert exp rt and null the tho wily 1 Imitator gets for a 11 rug ruS that Is worth perhaps iO Knowledge in America Smuggling of tubs ings Iu often has been attempted and the customs are reu ready r to admit that tint sonic some Union thu It has baa been successful The hc rewards s are arc tempting tempt tempting ing and examiners are aie as ns keenly on ou the tho watch for Illegal Importation of rugs us as 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