Perfect rugs

The Turkish or Ghiordes knot has the yarn twisted about the warp threads in such a manner that the two raised ends of the pile alternate with every two threads of the warp.

Experts have spent much time and invested much capital in the endeavor to make the rug industry as perfect as possible. Judging from the examples of India rugs I have seen, — some with a seven-by-six knot, others with a sixteen-by-sixteen knot, — I am convinced that the beauty, durability, and artistic effects produced by the efforts of the manufacturers will be appreciated more and more.

From the fact that the best-known firms in the rug business in New York, Chicago, and other cities in the United States, and several leading firms in England, are sponsors for the present rug industry in India, it may naturally be inferred that it is prosecuted with skill and care