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Orientals are slow to decline in value. In fact, they may increase in value in ten years' time. And certainly semian-tique rugs increase in value all the time.
Orientals not only have intrinsic value but wear value. They last more than a generation. Many of them last three and four generations. One acquaintance has had an Oriental in her living room for 45 years and it is just now beginning to get thin. All true Orientals, made with vegetable dyes, mellow and take on a softer appearance with age.
There are almost as many types of Oriental designs as there are villages in the Middle East where they originated, plus the later ones which developed in India and China. The types of their design range from tiny and intricate to bold and dramatic, but nearly all are based on stylized representations of nature~flowers, insects, birds~or on the life symbols which are part of the heritage of the villagers and nomads of the Middle East.
Rug weaving is one of the great handicraft industries which has not given way to mechanical methods. Artisans patiently weave their symbolic motifs as they have for hundreds of vears, sometimes tying by hand from 40,000 to 50,000 knots per square foot. Their only tools are their ten fingers, a sharp knife, a comb to push the knots down, and a pair of small scissors.
In the 1920's, it was the Saruks and Kirmans, the deep brilliant reds and blues that appeared with the dark mahogany furniture. In the past 20 years we have seen the development of more delicate designs, pale ivories, soft pinks distinctive blues and golds.
Todav it is the subtle all-over designs, the Ferahans, Serabends, and rare Bokharas that fit into our homes. They are not demandingly dominant but meld into most any decorating scheme.
Although imported Orientals are vastlv important, Karastan, an American firm, has established a fine ropu* (Continued on Page 12)
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CHINATOWN NEWS, APRIL 18, 1960