Monday, September 28, 2015

The Handle of a Rug

Uncle Jimmy Keshishian told me, "It's easy to be a rug expert, all you have to do is feel 10,000 of each kind." We may never get near 10,000 of each kind but we need to feel rugs and assess the handle. Here I compare two high end rugs from the back just by feel. You need to try this, take a few rugs that are known to you and feel it and see if you can describe what you are feeling.
Common words used to describe the handle might be "Board Like", when it is very stiff . "Meaty" is also thick and firm but not as firm as "Board Like". Rugs as soft as an Oushak rug are often called "Buttery Smooth". Visit a rug store and look around and feel the rugs and see what you feel.  It only takes a few before we start to identify Firm vs Soft. 

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