Of Weft rugs
(h) Turkestan—Wool, hair (never cotton), old Bokharas used to have Kelim ends up to one metre at each end, in madder red with very fine indigo lines or triangular designs.
(i) Pakistan—Cotton—no feature of Kelim ends.
(/) Persia—Cotton, wool or silk, dyedredon Shiraz (also making a feature of its Kelim ends), dyed blue on Kashan, Mahal and Kirman.
(k) Kazakestan—Wool, goat hair and mixture usually having two or three heavy weft strands—no feature of Kelim ends.
(/) Samarkand—Cotton—no feature of Kelim ends.
(m) Moroccan—Cotton or wool, they have sometimes as many as six weft strands in between each row of knots—no feature of Kelim ends.
(«) Belouchistan—Cotton in modern rugs, old rugs prior to 1925
have wool, goat hair and camel hair. They make a special
feature of their Kelim ends and very many unusual designs
are seen. (0) Afghanistan—Old carpets, wool mixed with goat hair or in camel hair—no feature made of Kelim ends. (ft) Rest of Europe—These are as English and French
foundation.
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