Granada rugs

In the Province of Granada is the district of Alpujarra and prob­ably the rugs bearing the name of this district were made there.

An Alpujarra rug that I owned was on a dark blue field with ivory flower-filled vases arranged symmetrically over the field. In a serrated square center was an amusing little duck-like figure with webbed feet and a spreading tail, worked in red. In the four corners were small ducks.

The wide border had harmoniously-arranged plants, alternating with daisies on stalks which, however, had no blossoms.

Above the ivory serrated lines of the border were three lively-looking animals resembling unicorns, and below the top border were the same creatures. Between every one was an eight-pointed star, and there were stars and small trees and ducks in the field.

The Alpujarra is again being woven in Granada, and we are now seeing with increasing frequency these speci­mens of Spanish loom work.