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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11167218, member: 8267&quot;]The design may not have a specific meaning. At that time the designs were often suggested by the traders who purchased the rugs for resale, and were sometimes copied from patterns that were familiar and popular on rugs imported from Persia and the Middle East. The red dye was probably a chemically manufactured aniline dye.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you follow the link for Medicine Man Gallery that I posted above, you will find a good explanation of this history as well as the colors and dye used. Be sure to click on the red &quot;Read More&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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