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Info on Afghanistan rugs

Area Rugs Contemporary

The webbing extends some distance beyond the pile and has horizontal lines woven through it with space between in dark blue and brown. At the end is a fringe and in the older and better rugs there is a knotting of the upper part of this fringe. Although the rugs are rather loosely woven and the pile is not closely cut, the knotting is very firm and the sides of the rugs have a selvage that is very strong, the heavy cords having the yarn wound about them several times.

Some rugs have a strong odor, which is especially noticeable in those of Afghanistan. The reason for the presence of the odor is that the the animal's hair has not been properly cleansed. Nothing but a thorough washing on the back as well as on the surface, with soap and hot water, seems to be effective in dispensing with the odor, although certain atmospheric changes affect it. Fortunately this disturbing feature is not pres­ent in all Afghan rugs.