Excerpt from Oriental Rugs Page F iveand sweeps out When the rugs are cleaned, and rots When wet, thereby loosening the texture of the whole rug, to its great detriment. Cotton warp and weft, though cheaper than wool, is harder and stiffer than a wool foundation, and rugs Which con tain it ordinarily lie better. Cotton occurring in the pile, as it often does in certain rugs in parts of the design in Ghiordes rugs, for example wears well and by remaining white and sharp, gives snap and freshness even after the rug has attained great age. Silk and hair in the pile gives pleasing color and variety. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.