Circular rugs, 115. Claremont, English home of Lord Clive, 89. Clarke, Sir C. Purdon, 175. Cleopatra borne before Cæsar in a rug, 18. Chi-lin (a kind of doe), symbolism of, 157. Climatic influences on rug-weaving, 32, 71; on odors of rugs, 90. Clive, Lord, 89. Cloud bands, 41, 63, 157. Coat of arms of Persia, 160. Coat of arms of Turkey, 160. Cobern, ----, 175. _Coccus cacti_, insect which produces cochineal, 44. Cochineal, 44. Cock and hen on an artificial rock-work, symbolism of, 157. Colbert, fostered rug industry in France, 141. Colors, sensed by weavers, 21; Persians' intuition for, 37; obtained by aniline and vegetable dyes, 44; importance to Orientals, 47; Persian choice of, 47; symbolism of, 47, 48; in modern Turkish rugs, 77; in Kurdish rugs, 79. Comb design, 43. _Conchylium_, ancient name of Phoenician purple, 18. Cone, pine, symbolism of, 159; fir, 161. Constable's "Hand Atlas of India," 175. Constantinople, rug market, 71-73, 82; silk-weaving introduced into, 123; spelling, 169. Cossac (Kazak), 107, 108 (plate). Cotton, 30, 76. Cotton rugs, Indian, 23, 88, 91; Japanese, 116. Coula, 169. Coverlets woven in "Appalachian America," 145. Coxon Herbert, 175. Crane, symbolism of, 157. Crescent, symbolism of, 158, 160. Crete girl weavers, 132. Crimson, 18, 47. Crocodile, symbolism of, 158. Crooked Turkish rugs, 24. Cross designs, 43. Crow, symbolism of, 157. Curson, Hon. George N., 175. Customs administration in Persia, 55. Cypress tree design in Jaipur rugs, 91; symbolism of, 161; _see_ 120 (plate) and 124 (plate). D Daghestan, 168, 171. Daghestan rugs, 41, 105, 106 (and plate), 108. Damascus, 112. Daraksh, 59. Date woven into rugs, 67, 154, 155. Davis, ----, 175. Davis, Mr. Will J., rugs owned by, 30, 68. "Dawn of Civilization," Maspero, 177. Deccan, rugs from the, 23; meaning of _Deccan_, 162; spelling, 166, 171. "Decorative Art," Petrie, 177. Deer, symbolism of, 157. Definition of _rug_, 15. Dekkan-peninsula, 166. Delays caused by superstitious weavers, 29. Delhi, 91, 166, 171. Delhi Court, 87. Demirdji rugs, 75; spelling, 169, 171. Denny, M. B., 175. Derbent rugs, 105, 126 (plate); meaning of _Derbent_, 162; spelling, 168, 171. Descending eagle, symbolism of, 160. "Descriptions des Arts et Metiers," 139.