of, 57;
Sultanabad rugs imported into, 70;
law against importation of jail-made goods, 90;
rug-weaving in, 143-149.

Urfa, 71, 169, 174.

Ushak, 169.

V

Value of square foot of best Persian rug, 28;
of rug trade to Persia, 55, 56;
of Persian rugs in the Orient, 70;
of silk rugs, 125.

Vambery, Arminius, 178.

Van Dyke, John Charles, 178.

Vegetable dyes, 44, 46, 139.

Vegetable fibre in Mirzapur rugs, 92.

Verulam, Earl of, rug owned by, 138 (plate).

Vienna, rug-weaving at, 136.

Violet in old rugs, 80.

Viper, symbolism of, 159.

Volk, Mrs. Douglas, 145.

"Vorderasiatische Knuepfteppiche," Bode, 175.

W

Wake, Charles Staniland, 178.

Warangal, 166, 174.

Warangul rugs, 93.

Washing to subdue colors, 77;
to overcome odor, 95.

Watson, Dr. Forbes, 178.

Weale, John, 178.

Weavers, skilled Oriental, 20;
correct color sense of, 20;
demonstrating their craft in United States, 21;
women and girls, 26;
men and boys, 26;
sedentary, 26, 27;
nomadic, 26;
men naturally unsuited, 27;
profits of, 27, 28, 82;
time consumed, 28;
wages and advance payment, 28;
fare, 29;
work underground, 29;
superstitions, 29;
skill of, 32, 33;
use of dyes by, 44;
Egyptian, 51;
women of all classes, 55;
Persian, in employ of factories, 57;
use small patterns, 75;
Indian, 88;
Japanese, 116;
Greek, 132;
Flemish, 138;
Navajo, 148.

Weaving, legends of invention of, 16;
in ancient Egypt, 22;
method of Oriental, 22;
in India, 23.

Westroff, Hodder M., 178.

Westwood,----, 178.

Wheel, symbolism of, 159, 162.

Wheeler, Mrs. A. D., rug owned by, 126 (plate).

Wheeler, Samuel Green, 178.

White, symbolism of, 47, 48;
use of cotton for, 76.

Wilkinson, Sir J. Gardner, quoted, 17, 178.

William of Germany, Emperor, his rug collection, 77.

Williams, S. Wells, 178.

Wilson, Rev. Samuel Graham, M.A., 178.

Wilton, power looms in, 24.

Wings, symbolism of, 162.

Winkleman, Johann Joachim, 178.

Wolf, symbolism of, 162.

Wool, preparation of, 27, 30, 32;
where produced, 30;
handling, 32;
quality, 32;
not produced in India, 88.

Worcester, power looms in, 24.

Worsted used in rug-weaving, 23.

Writers, ancient, allude to rugs, 18.

Wyatt,