Dear Fanatics, I premeditate a purchase of this carpet, but my opinion and opinion of the seller concerning age of a carpet are various. What you think...
Hello Dmitriy Smolenskiy, That is a big carpet. I have a few concerns. There is variation in the field red in the picture. Some areas look bright red and most...
Dear Dmitriy: In my humble opinion, this is the Beshir carpet with "Onurga gol" (spinal cord) design woven in the Lebap (formerly Charjew) region of...
I think it is comical that "abrash" which is basically the result of inferior dyestuffs, poor planning as to the amounts of yarn required for a joband...
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R. John Howe
rjhowe@...
May 3, 2002 10:17 pm
No, but if you look at one of the sectors of turkotek.com, you'll find an outline of one Steve Price has taught at the university level in VA. R. John Howe ......
Hello Rob, No need to go to Ol' Virginny for you New Yorkers (Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, that's where the cotton corn and tatters grow... was the Virginia...
Barry, Thanks so much for the heads up, I've been meaning to get down to ABC and now I have a good reason. I certainly will approach joe (but first I have to...
Hmmm.... I don't know too much about carpets yet, I only know what I like and I happen to find a subtle abrash very pleasing. I was under the impression, and...
My view is that both Joseph and Rob are correct ! The causes of abrash in tribal (or some village weaving) and the causes of abrash in town weaving are as...
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DMITRIY SMOLENSKIY
adivert@...
May 4, 2002 1:09 pm
Dear Fanatics, Thanks for your answers rather YOMUD of a carpet. Abrash you see on a photo only because the carpet was photographed in a wet kind - after...
Hi Barry, pls. accept this post as my interest on such a course. Would it be possible that I get the course material by mail ? Kd rgds, Safak Civici ... ...
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Chris Fager
chrisfager@...
May 4, 2002 8:37 pm
As someone who is always delighted by a nice abrash, I just wanted to say thanks to Joe for the way he expressed it. I'll be quoting you in the UCLA class...
LOL! I try! <G> I will say that I enjoyed Rob's explanation for how it is the nomads come to be using different dye lots and even different strains of wool...
-- Joe I would also add that the consistency of color depends on how well the wool is cleaned/ scoured before mordanting and dying, consistency and degree of...
This was a most intriguing message from 'rgwash' - May one have the temerity to ask how you are going about testing for natural or synthetic dyes? Any details...
A most fascinating account of abrash by our illustrious moderator... I thoroughly enjoyed reading every word.... As for my perspective on ... I must...
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Dennis Holoviak
dholoviak@...
May 7, 2002 6:45 am
My sense, after listening in on the Group for some considerable time now, is that we might more aptly be named 'Rug Romantics!' Most of what dominates and...
Ian My wife and I are weavers, spinners and dyers so to answer one question I do have control samples of natural dyes. I won't list companies that are...
Hi Dennis ... Gosh I couldn't agree more... That's in fact why we call our website the RugMates... www.rugmates.com... My wife and I are hopelessly and ...
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talal Abdulla
talalkw@...
May 8, 2002 10:55 am
Dear Rug Fanatics: For those who haven't heard about Sadu weaving of Arabia, me and my brother in law have just made some give-away camels with hand made Sadu...
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RGood10176
rjhowe@...
May 8, 2002 4:00 pm
Hi,This is a very excite game This game is my first work. You're the first player. I hope you would enjoy it....
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DMITRIY SMOLENSKIY
adivert@...
May 8, 2002 4:01 pm
Dear Fanatics, Just(now) I have seen in the Internet such, that was dumped from an armchair. In appendix you can see Turkmen carpet which experts from auction...
Hello Dmitriy, Maybe it is from midget Turkmen who live in tiny little yurts. In all seriousness that description is from Mark Lawson Antiques and Fine Art of...
I just started with a couple of friends this site to have a place where collectors like us can list their items without listing fee and for as long as they...
Hope someone can help me. I hastily bought a rug and now am a bit worried about it. I bought an Indian made rug 8'x10' with a Ziegler design - 100% wool with...
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Leon Mayeri
Leon@...
May 9, 2002 6:18 am
... $3000 for an 8x10 Ziegler design rug from India with a low knot count is not necessarily a ³rip-off², and could actually be a fair market price or a very...
I have posted three pictures - indian ziegler 1,2 and 3. Unfortunately, the quality and lighting is poor as is my digital camera. Pls excuse my dog who seems...
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Theo
theo@...
May 9, 2002 7:56 am
In future consult a friend or reference work before purchasing. That is a huge amount of money for an Indian piece. Maybe US is more expensive than Europe. ......
On 5/9/2002 at 2:53 AM Barbara and Sam Gorden rug-fanatics@yahoogroups.com ... Sam is right... the personal enjoyment it brings you is the key issue. You are...
