Fistprints & Abstractions

A conventional figure in rug designs, from Shiraz to Sears, Roebuck, is the tadpole-shaped fistprint of a moppet. This-according to Persian legend-is why: a rugmaker one day reprimanded his infant son for playing recklessly among his dye pots. The child, incensed, brought down his dripping little fist on a nearby rug. Regarding the curly imprint of the tot's clenched hand, the artist gave the Persian version of a cry of joy.

In an effort to restore to rugmaking a little ancient Persian fun, Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art last week put on an exhibition of rugs designed by modern artists, woven by famed Grand Rapids Rugmaker Stanislav V'Soske. The results could be bought as well as looked at.

Some were asymmetric in form as well as in content. Others had designs abstracted from actual objects. The Museum's gay show as a whole proved that the conventional rugmaker's repertory has been unnecessarily

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