DESIGNS.--A sort of a mixture of the Meles and Caucasian designs. The field is most frequently composed of two or three panels which very much resemble those of cathedral windows.
SIZES.--From three and a half to four and a half feet wide by five to seven feet long.
PRICES.--As they are seldom found in the market it is difficult to place any stated value on them.
REMARKS.--One of the rarest rugs in existence.
The weave, the tawny yellow and the motives in the right hand panel are typically Meles; the motives in the left hand panel are more like those found in the Bergama products; and the cross panel at the upper end of the field is a Kulah or Ghiordes feature. The wide web at either end with the varicolored stripes is a feature quite foreign to the Anatolian products.
WHY SO NAMED.--Because they are marketed at Smyrna. Smyrna itself is not a centre of rug weaving, but these rugs come from the towns of the western provinces of Turkey in Asia, namely, Aidin and Brousa.
[Illustration: MAKRI RUG Size 3'11" x 5'10" PROPERTY OF MR. J. H. STANTON, AUBURN, N. Y.]
KNOT.--Ghiordes. Number vertically four to eight; number horizontally four to ten; number to square inch sixteen to eighty.
WEAVE.--Loosely woven and carelessly tied.
SIDES.--No rule, most frequently short web with loose warp ends.
BORDER.--No rule; generally three border stripes, one wide one with a narrow one on each side.
PREVAILING COLORS.--No rule. Bright reds, blues, and greens are commonly employed.
DESIGNS.--Anything and everything, largely European and seldom artistic.
PRICES.--From $1.00 to $1.50 per square foot.
REMARKS.--No antiques. The modern ones are purely commercial creations.
WHY SO NAMED.--After the town of that name in Mesopotamia, where they are marketed. They are made by the Kurds who inhabit the mountainous districts north of Mosul around Lake Van.
KNOT.--Ghiordes. Number vertically six to eight; number horizontally six to ten; number to square inch thirty-six to eighty.
WARP.--Usually coarse, dark wool or goats' hair. Occasionally cotton.
NAP.--Excellent, long, lustrous wool, camels' or goats' hair.
WEAVE.--Some closely and tightly woven, but the majority are rather loosely woven.
SIDES.--Corded edges overcast with dark wool. Frequently overcast with wool of different colors after the Kurdish fashion. Occasionally selvaged.