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FACTOR 4: COLOUR
In the description below, the term 'colour tone' has been used rather than
just colour. In this way, different shades (grass green or pistachio green, for
example) and different tones (light or dark) count as different colour tones.
White, grey, beige and black also count as colour tones.
To evaluate this factor, select the description from talbe 4 that best fits
the rug and record the appropriate value points. You may have to judge between
two descriptions to obtain the proper number.
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TABLE 4 |
| Colour Description |
Value Points |
| 1. Nine or more distinct colour tones, blended so that no
single colour jumps out. Rug should use colour in combination that seem unlikely
to work, yet do some amazingly well. Colour may have 'jewel' effect, conveying a
subtle overall glow or have the quality of colour used in impressionist
paintings. |
10 |
| 2. Seven or more colour tones in perfect harmony but lacking
breathtakingly beautiful effect necessary for grade 10. Enough subtlety in the
combined use of various colours so that there is this feeling that you would
never tire of it. |
8 |
| 3. Five or more colours that blend well so that no single
colour stands out. Rugs may have darkly rich effect, be a pretty pastle or be a
rainbow of colours, so long as none of the colours are muddled, washed out or
crude. Most modern silk-washed, mulit-coloured carpets would fit the score.
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6 |
| 4. Four or more well-blanded colours, such as are found in
rugs from Turkoman region. Most commercial Kirmans would fall in this category
as would Handmade and Anatolians. |
4 |
| 5. Five or more colour tones that are prettily blended- except
for the addition of crude or 'electric' colours which appear to stand out. Or
two beautifully rich colours such as you might find in a deep ruby coloured
Afghan with its design in midnight blue. |
2 |
| 6. There are more harsh, dreary or muddy colour tones.
Bleached colours that are faded and patchy. Serious colours run - or a rug which
would otherwise fit the 6- points description except that the colours inro one
another. |
1 |
| 7. A rug with any number of crude or electric colours that
clash unpleasantly. Any rug woven in only one solid colour, no matter how
beautiful the colour is. |
0 |
FACTOR 5: AGE
To determine the number of value points for the age of any rug, interpolate
using the table below.
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TABLE 5 |
| Age |
Value Points |
| 100 years and older |
10 |
| 70 years and older |
8 |
| 40 years and older |
6 |
| 20 years and older |
4 |
| 10 years and older |
2 |
| Below 10 years |
0 |
FACTOR 6: CONDITION
To evaluate the factor, select the description that best fits the condition
of the rug and record the point value. You may have to judge between description
to obtain the correct value.
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TABLE 6 |
| Condition Description |
Value Points |
| 1. In perfect condition. No holes, worn spots, patches or
traceable repairs of any kind. Pile length should be 'as new'. Fringes and
borders are all present and correct and the rug is clean. This description fits
most new rugs. |
10 |
| 2. Fringes are loose but not missing and need 'stopping'.
Everything else is in perfect order. |
9 |
| 3. Excellent except for a repair or two, professionally
rewoven, invisible from front and almost invisible from the back. Or else, the
pile has been worn down so that it is short (3.1 mm high) but has been evenly
worn so that the surface of the rug is uniform. |
8 |
| 4. Apparently excellent condition except that the rug is very
dirty. No stains have penetrated through to the back of the rug. Until the dirt
is removed, you can never be sure of what will be found underneath. (The rug is
unlikely to graduate to a 10 point rating as it has been allowed to get so
dirty. It might turn out to deserve an 8 or drop to a 2). When in doubt drop it
down a point. |
7 |
| 5. Good condition other than that you can tell from the
symmetry of the pattern that some of the borders have been removed or that the
rug underwent major repair, not obvious from the front but immediately visible
at the back. |
6 |
| 6. Pile is less than (31 mm) but some wool remains. Wear is
more or less even over full surface and design is clear. Rug should be free of
serious stains. |
4 |
| 7. Moderately stained rug, otherwise is excellent condition.
Or pile is completely worn away but knots themselves remain, so the design is
clear. (It should still look well on a wall). |
3 |
| 8. Three or four serious cuts several inches long, provided
the edges of the cuts still have knots attached so they can be sewn. Or the
fringe has unravelled so that part of the rug it self unravelled and was lost.
This rating is for rugs that have lost 3 inches (8 cm) or more, not just a few
rows. Or else a permanently noticeably stained rug! |
2 |
| 9. The majority of the pattern has worn away. A rug that is
brittle and is cracking. A rug has most of it missing. |
0 |
Note: A score of 0 for condition nullifies all other factor values points.
One exception is a large rug that can be cut down to exclude the damaged areas
and still it maintains its beauty.
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Courtesy: Nazneen Zafar, A Practical Guide to Pakistani Rugs, Liberty
Books, Karachi, 1992
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