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Became prevalent in Persian in the late 19 century, although for a time it was officially banned.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Kenareh:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Long narrow carpet (runner or strip), two of which are used as the side pieces in the conventional arrangement of Persian carpets. When entertaining, members of a Persian family other than the master of the house and less important guests sat on the kenarehs.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Kermes: </B></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Crushed female body of an insect which give a red similar to cochineal and lac. The insect breeds on the Kermes oak (<I>Quercus coccifera</I>). Its use in carpets had never been satisfactorily established.</div> <div>  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Kilim:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Form of flat-weaving associated principally with Anatolia.</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 277 ><NOBR><div> <B>       Knot-Persian: </B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 229 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02a9c720.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="336"><div> Type of pile knot made on two adjacent threads of the warp. Only one of the warp threads in encircled by the strand of wool, the other one merely being interlaced, so that the two ends of the strand reappear separately, the first between the two warp threads mentioned and the second between one of these and the following warp thread. This knot can be either level or sloping. The Persian method of knotting can be carried out equally well from left to right as the other way around; therefore, it is sometimes called the ‘two-handed knot’.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Knot-Turkish or Ghiordes: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02ca86b0.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="107" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="336"><div> Type of pile knot tied around two adjacent threads of the warp, both being encircled by the strand of wool, with the ends reappearing between. This knot too can be either level or sloping. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Kochak:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Turkoman name for a motif in the shape of a pair of ram’s horns, symbolizing affinity with things earthly and spiritual.</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Kufic: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Form of Arabic script; its visual format is used as a decorative motif in the borders of Oriental carpets, especially those from Anatolia. Named after an erroneous ascription to Kufa(h) in Mesopotamia.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 113 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Kylin: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Composite motif depicting an animal with the tail of an oz and the legs and body of a deer, representing the unicorn of Chinese myth who watches over the empire with the dragon and the tortoise. The keylin is said to appear in times of prosperity and is therefore an emblem of good fortune. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 151 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Lac: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Meaning literally ‘hundreds of thousands’. Name given to brilliant deep purple-red obtained from melting and straining the resinous excretions of the <I>Tachardia lacca</I>, a scale insect native to India which covers the twigs of certain trees in the resinous substance for the purpose of immuring the female of the species. The red dye, like that of cochineal and kermes, id the extract of the female bodies of the insect, which in this case are gathered with the resin.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Lampas:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> A method of weaving so that the pattern is raised in relief against the ground. A form of embroidery.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 100 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Latch-Hook:</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="500"><div> Turkoman motif derived from the swastika, an ancient symbol of well being.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 191 WIDTH="125"><div> <B>Lozenge: </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="497" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="02f96960.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Motif in the shape of a diamond.</div> <div> illestaration: early 20th century Qashqai kilim. </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Copyright © 2000 Rugs And Textiles. Com Inc. 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