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, M. Digby, 178. X Xanthin (yellow coloring matter), 44. Y Y-form design, 43. Yak's hair, 30. Yangi-hissar, 165. Yapraks (Ouchak rugs), 81, 83. Yarkand, 165, 174. Yarkand rugs, 103. Yellow-dyes, how produced, 44, 45; symbolism of, 47; used by Turkomans, 98. Yezd rugs, 70; felt rugs, 126; meaning of _Yezd_, 163; spelling, 168, 174. Yomud rugs, 100, 103, 104. Yomud tribe, 98, 103. Young stags, symbolism of, 157. Yuruk rugs, 83. Yuruk tribe, 117. Z Zarand, 168, 174. Zeli, 169. Zerffi, G.C., 178. Zerni, 165, 174. Zigzag design, 43, 159. Zileh, 169, 174. Zilleh, 169. THE END End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern, by Rosa Belle Holt