The Gorevan, or sometimes called Serapi, rugs are marked with bold conventional designs of which reds and blues are conspicuous. The ground 
is apt to be cream colored and the rugs are usually large. This one is in the living-room of Mr. Willard King’s house in Morristown, N. J. 
Oriental Rugs of Present Day Manufacture 
MODERN SIZES OF RUGS—WHAT TO PURCHASE AND THEIR USE AS FURNISHINGS— 
THE AVAILABLE SORTS OF PERSIAN RUGS AND THEIR DISTINGUISHING FEATURES 
by Lydia LeBaron Walker 
W HILE the 
output of 
Oriental rugs in 
Persia and other 
countries is very 
great, it is no 
longer designed 
altogether for 
h o m e consump- 
t i o n ; because 
America and 
The long, narrow rugs used in the Persian home at the sides of the room are called Kenarie. Fnc 
prominence of the soft, natural color, brown hai r distinguishes this as a camel’s hair rug 
Photographs by the Courtesy of the Dealers 
Europe have, for 
very practical rea¬ 
sons, entered the 
rug market as 
prodigious buy¬ 
ers. There are two 
causes for this: 
First, the” carpet, 
‘-however' elegant, 
■ 4 , * , ,*-> r 
£ has the Disadvan¬ 
tages of being a 
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