December, 1912 
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A domestic rug of Kermanshah design. 
skilfully done than ever before. Brussels rugs are also 
made in Oriental patterns and combine excellent wearing 
qualities with a very moderate cost which make for their 
increased popularity. The most desirable of all floor cov- 
erings is, of course, a genuine antique Oriental rug or car- 
pet, but carpet wearing in the East has sadly deteriorated 
both in design and workmanship, in face of the enormous 
demand from Europe and America. Like certain forms of 
Japanese art it has become debased by the constant demand 
for novelty and the making of rugs like the carving of teak- 
wood and the manufacture of porcelain has undergone a 
change, for the present generation of workmen, eager to 
meet the demand for something new are willing to abandon 
the methods which have endured for centuries, little realiz- 
ing that in so doing they are really cheapening and spoiling 
the market they are trying so industriously to serve. Rugs 
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A rug of this sort measuring nine by twelve feet retails for about $55 
which may be regarded as antiques, and which are free from 
this vitiating influence, are becoming exceedingly rare and 
excepting in the smaller sizes are very difficult to obtain. 
Even where they are to be had the prices are high and are 
rapidly growing higher and really fine examples are quickly 
secured for great collections and museums. ‘They are en- 
tirely beyond the reach of the average home-maker who 
must be content with a modern Oriental which is also 
costly or a domestic rug woven in an Oriental pattern. 
After all, the value of an antique Oriental rug is largely due 
to the glamour of anything which comes to us from the old 
and mysterious East. Our domestic rugs which copy faith- 
fully these Oriental patterns, and which rival the originals 
in their deep pile and soft mellow tones, are fully as useful 
for all practical purposes. They are seasonable and beau- 
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A seamless chenille rug of this sort, measuring nine by twelve feet, would cost $50 
