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#1 Posted : Sunday, February 8, 2009 8:07:19 PM(UTC)
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The attached picture has the end fringe anchored on the body. I know this has to be a machine made rug, but yesterday there was a beautiful varily big silk rug on ebay. The rug was old and beautful with a $500 reserve. The only thing that threw me was the picture of the back looked like rows abouve a row, both very perfect. Therefore, I assumed it was machine made and asked that of the owner who knew nothing about rugs. He talked to a dealer, and immediately pulled the rug off because it was pure silk.

But again any anchoring of the fringe is a sure sign it's machine made, correct?

Thanks
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#2 Posted : Monday, February 9, 2009 1:00:04 PM(UTC)
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There are hand knotted rugs that could have anchored fringe like you mentioned, but this is somewhat infrequent and isolated to used rugs with improper re-fringe technique for the most part.
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