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Rich Larkin · January 19th, 2018, 03:50 AM

Hi Chuck,

Nice pics. I would be an absolute churl to suggest they weren't enough, so I'm not going to do it. Instaed, this question: given the character of the selvage cords, why does the selvage look like a single (overcast) cord in the images of the surface of the complete rug? Am I misreading those images?

Regarding rugs with 'curls' that will not flatten out, I have read that it occured when horizontal looms staked onto the ground were taken up with the rug unfinished when the tribe needed to move, then restaked at another location. Another random point is that I used to see late Turkoman-esque rugs in the possession of Afghanis on their way to Mecca for the Hajj. They were thin, leathery, and extremely tightly woven. Those wouldn't lie flat either.

Rich

January 19th, 2018, 03:50 AM	#29
Rich Larkin Members Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 130	Hi Chuck, Nice pics. I would be an absolute churl to suggest they weren't enough, so I'm not going to do it. Instaed, this question: given the character of the selvage cords, why does the selvage look like a single (overcast) cord in the images of the surface of the complete rug? Am I misreading those images? Regarding rugs with 'curls' that will not flatten out, I have read that it occured when horizontal looms staked onto the ground were taken up with the rug unfinished when the tribe needed to move, then restaked at another location. Another random point is that I used to see late Turkoman-esque rugs in the possession of Afghanis on their way to Mecca for the Hajj. They were thin, leathery, and extremely tightly woven. Those wouldn't lie flat either. Rich