KASHGAR RUG

floor covering handwoven at Kashgar (K'a-shih) in Chinese Turkistan (now Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang). The Kashgar rugs are difficult to distinguish from the similar ones of Khotan (Ho-t'ien) and Yarkand (So-ch'e). All three types were called Samarkands in the market. The principal differences between Kashgar rugs and the other two Sinkiang products are a tendency toward Persian draftsmanship, Persian-oriented border patterns, and, further, the greater use of dark outlines about the various forms.