| Older Bijar Carpet with Salt and Pepper Knots Thea
Sand showed me this carpet that was in for
blocking at Emanuel's in Seattle. For that reason
all of the images are of the back of the carpet.
Thea wanted to show me the odd color usage in the
rug. Normally we expect to have all the knots on
one area the same color. By this I mean that dark
blue is dark blue knots and light blue is light
blue knots. What is exceedingly rare is trhe use
of darker blue knots and white knots to gibe the
illusion of light blue. Bijar rugs are amomng the
very few exceptions. We also see this in newer
Afghan and Pakistani rugs but it is used in new
rugs to simulate abrash.
We do see this in Bijar rugs and if I see it
in any otther type of rug I will document it.
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