rman rugs, 64, 120 (plate).

Kirmanshah rugs, 41.

Kir-Shehr rugs, 77;
spelling, 169, 172.

Kis Khilims, 117.

Knight, Richard Payne, 176.

Knot and flower design, symbolism of, 159.

Knots and knotting, 23, 32, 34-36, 93.

Kohat, 166, 172.

Kokand, 168, 172.

Konieh rugs, 78; spelling, 169, 172.

Kotah, 166, 172.

Koula, 169.

Kuba, 106, 168, 172.

Kucha, 165, 172.

Kuchan, 167.

Kulah rugs, 78, 80, 122;
spelling, 169, 172.

Kurdish rug design represented in ancient Nineveh, 17.

Kurdish rugs, wool used in, 65;
woven by girls and women, 78;
durability and colors, 79;
mihrab in, 117.

Kurdistan, modern rug-weaving district, 55;
nomadic tribes of Western, 87;
spelling 167, 168, 172.

Kurdistan rugs, characteristic designs of 40;
value of trade in, 56;
descriptions, 65, 78.

Kurds, nomadic tribes, 65, 71.

Kushmore, 166, 172.

Kutahia rugs, 79;
spelling, 169, 172.

Kutai, 169.

Kutayah, 169.

Kwatah, 163, 165.

L

Ladik rugs, 79; spelling, 169, 173.

Lahore, 166, 173.

Landor, A. Henry Savage, 176.

Laodicea, 79, 122.

Lar, 167, 173.

Largest rug woven, 95.

Laristan province, 66, 167, 173.

Laristan rugs, 66.

Layard, Austen Henry, 176.

Lenormant, Francois, 176.

Leopards, symbolism of, 160.

Lessing, Julius, 176.

"Life in Ancient Egypt," Emmaus, 176.

Lily, symbolism of, 161.

Linen, 30.

Lion, symbolism of, 157, 160.

"Lives of the Queens of England," Strickland, 178.

Lizard, symbolism of, 158.

Lobanow-Rostowsky, Prince Alexis, rug owned by, 36.

Lock, Charles G. W., 177.

Looms, 22-24 (and plate), 82 (plate), 111, 147.

Lotus design, 43, 158.

Lourdes, French weaver, 141.

_Louvre, Palais du_, rugs woven in, 141.

Luebke, Wilhelm, 176.

Lucknow, 91, 166, 173.

Luristan (Province), 167, 173.

M

Maciet, M.J., Paris, rug owned by, 128.

Madder, 44.

Madras, 166.

Madras rugs, 92.

Magpie, symbolism of, 157.

Makran, 167, 173.

Malabar (District), 166, 173.

Malair, 56.

Malcom, Sir John, 176.

Mandalay, 166.

"Manual of Archaeology," Ely, 176.

"Manual of Design," Redgrave, 177.

"Manual of Egyptian Archaeology," Maspero, 176.

"Manual of Oriental Antiquities," Babelon, 175.

"Manual of Sculpture," 177.

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