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The first rule of picking out a rug is simple, much like choosing a date or dessert: “The most important thing is an instinct, a gut reaction,” says Sudeith. For those who need more concrete criteria, he points to the two marks of a rug’s quality: material and workmanship.“Look for excellent wool in different sheens,” he says. “As it ages, it gets more lustrous and beautiful.” Dry and opaque colors, however, are a bad sign.
As for the handiwork, rugs aren’t all that different from digital cameras: The knots per inch are like pixels, and the higher the density, the clearer the image. “You want the carpet to lie flat, and for the front and back to be the same color,” says Sudeith, but he notes that some gaffes aren’t drawbacks at all. “There can be self-conscious, intentional errors in prayer rugs,” he says. “They represent flaws that exist in humans—no matter what we may think of ourselves.”
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