Joseph Burke, C.R.N. ( Certifiable Rugnut )
www.rugmates.comWith
regard to Nains, they are classed in the trade
today based on how many threads make up the warp.
If one were to take a single strand of the fringe
and pull it apart(unravel) one would find either
two or three threads in the one strand of fringe.
Continuing, if you break down(unravel) the
three threads it would break down to three
additional threads (3x3=9) The Farsi word for 9
is Nola (or nohola) thus a nine thread rug,
If the 3 strands broke down into 2 strands
each (3x2=6) it is a six thread rug or shisla (or
shishla).
If on the other hand you only start with 2
threads and you break each of these down and find
they unravel into 2 threads each(2x2=4) you have
a charla (or sharla). Clearly a charla will be a
finer warp and thus allow a higher knot count
than a nola or a shisla. So charla are the finest
Nains, nola are middle grade, and the lowest
grade are shisla.
Simply, put, the fewer the threads the finer
the rug. It is a quick way to describe the
relative quality among rugs from Nain. Not many
folks over here use the convention but in the
middle east it is the only way the Nain's are
described. There are different quality levels
within each group- so- at the end of the day knot
count comes into play - although over there, knot
count is only one of many factors used to
evaluate a rug.
If the Nain has a silk foundation instead of
cotton, then it is usually always a nola but -
size for size, priced somewhere closer to a
shishla.
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