Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1913 — MEANING IN ORIENTAL RUGA [ARTICLE]

MEANING IN ORIENTAL RUGA

Significance Among Eastern Nations of the Colors Used. Not only the designs but the colors Of rugs woven in the Orient are full of significances, - They represent national or individual traditions, they stand for virtues and vices, social Importance or social ostracism. They are the result, says the Eclectic Church Magazine, of the political and religious histories of the countries in which they were made. Tyrian purple is almost universally regarded as royal. Red was regarded by the Egyptians as symbolic of fidelity. Green has been chosen by the Turk as his gala color, but he would not approve its use in rugs,where It would be trodden by the feet Rose tints signify the highest wisdom, black and iridigo sorrow, with the Persians. Preferences for duller tone of color among the Persians give to all their embroideries and other products of the loom a certain richness and dignity.