Identifier: decorativetextil00hunt (find matches)
Title: Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile design Lace and lace making Embroidery Wallpaper Leatherwork Interior decoration Tapestry
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks Company
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellesley College Library

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cut the Gordian Knot. Especially in the eighteenth century were the rugs of Ghiordesworthy of comparison with the best that were produced in Persia,although in no respect etjual to the great Persian rugs of the sixteenthand seventeenth centuries, liut the Ghiordes rugs woven in the lastfifty years are so inferior to the ancient pieces in weave, colour andpattern as not to merit serious attention. The ruffs that most closely resemble the Ghiordes are the Kulahs(Plate XVI), bearing about the same relation to them as Shirvansto Daghestans. Like the Ghiordes, a large proportion of the KulahsJiave architectural or prayer niche patterns, but the field is usuallyfilled with pattern instead of plain as in the Ghiordes rugs, and theborders consist of many stripes alternating in colour, instead of onelarge band with a stripe on each side, as in most Ghiordes rugs. Both Ghiordes and Kulahs have a comparatively short pile, andthe designs are in every way richer and warmer and more floral than 197
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riate XI CASll.MKKK RUG 198 CAUCASIAN AND TURKISH RUGS those of Caucasian rugs, in s))ite of the fact that hke tlieni tliey arerectihnear. On tlie ruins of ancient I^aodicea is the nuid-walled town ofLadik, once the centre of an important rug industry. The pieces nowwoven there imitate the ancient rugs l)ut poorly in weave and colour.Of the few ancient Ladiks that still survive, that illustrated in colourin Plate I is one of the finest. Note particularly the broad band inthe border, with its Rhodian lilies. The field of Ladik prayer rugs,like that of Ghiordes prayer rugs, is usually in solid colour. Compared with Ghioi-dcs, Kulah, and Uadik rugs, those made inBergamo—that is the ancient and famous city of Pergamum—arelike Kazaks as compared with other Caucasians. In other words,they have a deep pile, strong rich colours, and comjiaratively coarsedesigns. At Oushak in the sixteenth century were made some of thefinest rugs that survive in European and American collections. Butthe mo

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