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THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 233
Turkey was doubtless the cradle of carpets, and it is one
of the rare superiorities which she has maintained in the
midst of her industrial decline. There are four sorts of Tur-
kish carpets: sofralis, which have a rosace in the centre to in-
dicate where the table (sofra) is to be placed ; siralis, which
are striped with six colours, white, violet, black, green, red
and yellow ; duchemes, made of short wool mixed with goat's
hair, and manufactured in the tents of the nomad tribes of
Asia; and sidgades, which are imitations of the ancient
Persian carpets, and are used in mosques and as rugs.
The most curious, if not the finest of these specimens, is a
carpet from Broussa, representing the rearing of silk worms,
and, notwithstanding the Prophet's prohibition, containing hu-
man figures.
Another very flourishing trade in the East, that paradise of
smokers, is the manufacture of pipes and all relating thereto.
The ingenuity of the Turks is constantly taxed to find
some new substances for the bowls or lules. In Constan-
tinople they prefer red earth; in Routschouk, black earth in-
laid with silver ; and in Trebizond they use wood. A great
deal of patience and labour is also bestowed on the making
of pipe stems either in ivory, ebony, mother-o'pearl or carved
wood.
Among other cities Djeddah sends some magnificent narg-
hillehs of solid silver, with very effective relief ornaments
either cut or stamped.
The ceramic art is not far advanced in the Ottoman Empire •
the forms are original and not altogether devoid of taste, but
the material is open to great improvements We may, how-
Turkey was doubtless the cradle of carpets, and it is one
of the rare superiorities which she has maintained in the
midst of her industrial decline. There are four sorts of Tur-
kish carpets: sofralis, which have a rosace in the centre to in-
dicate where the table (sofra) is to be placed ; siralis, which
are striped with six colours, white, violet, black, green, red
and yellow ; duchemes, made of short wool mixed with goat's
hair, and manufactured in the tents of the nomad tribes of
Asia; and sidgades, which are imitations of the ancient
Persian carpets, and are used in mosques and as rugs.
The most curious, if not the finest of these specimens, is a
carpet from Broussa, representing the rearing of silk worms,
and, notwithstanding the Prophet's prohibition, containing hu-
man figures.
Another very flourishing trade in the East, that paradise of
smokers, is the manufacture of pipes and all relating thereto.
The ingenuity of the Turks is constantly taxed to find
some new substances for the bowls or lules. In Constan-
tinople they prefer red earth; in Routschouk, black earth in-
laid with silver ; and in Trebizond they use wood. A great
deal of patience and labour is also bestowed on the making
of pipe stems either in ivory, ebony, mother-o'pearl or carved
wood.
Among other cities Djeddah sends some magnificent narg-
hillehs of solid silver, with very effective relief ornaments
either cut or stamped.
The ceramic art is not far advanced in the Ottoman Empire •
the forms are original and not altogether devoid of taste, but
the material is open to great improvements We may, how-