Hamadan, sirouk, bokhara— ..such rugs can take a year ..or more to weave. ………………………………Colored ..with vegetable dyes, the hues ..intensify and blend the more ..the rugs are used. ………………………………A royal ..bokhara requires three hundred ..hand-tied knots per square ..inch. …………Conceding that only God ..is perfect, the weavers tie ..the first knot wrong by choice … My father dealt in oriental ..rugs and knew each type ..by name. ………………..He saw them all ..as more than goods. ………………………………….Sculptures ..and paintings were made to be seen, ..but rugs for him were usefully ..beautiful. ………………..Often after decades ..he would buy back rugs ..from their original owners ..for the price paid or more. He walked on oriental rugs ..with care as if in tribute ..to the weavers who went beyond ..art for art’s sake to make ..what turned more beautiful with wear.