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The Calculation
Of Knot Density
Knot density refers to the number of
knots per square inch or per square decimeter. The higher the number of
knots, the finer the weave.
Increased knot density is not
synonymous with increased quality.
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The history of the
hand made rug
making started from the fourth century B.C.
This carpet, known as the Pazyrk Carpet, discovered in 1949 frozen inside
a burial mound in
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Oriental Rug
Care
Here are a few basic hints to increase the
life of your oriental rug. With careful treatment, Oriental Rug can
survive for centuries. Following these simple guidelines to preserve the
quality
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Designs
are taken from nature, mountains, animals, the sky, plants and imaginative
design. Today the designs are done on graphic paper .
The carpet weavers construct the rug by
following the pattern.
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Oriental Rug Dyes
three types
of dyes have been used in the dyeing of Oriental rugs: natural (vegetable
or animal), aniline, and chrome. Aniline and chrome dyes are synthetic
dyes.
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Styles
While most people
associate oriental rugs with traditional pile rugs, there are actually
many styles
of rugs
that are produced and sold as oriental rugs. The style of rug
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Oriental Rug
Weaving
The Finest
quality lambs wool is sheared, washed and
bleached .Then the fibers are straightened and spun, after this process
is over dyed by one of the master dyers.
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The
Significance Of The Colors
Green is the holy color of the Prophet -
particularly for orthodox Mohammedans - and is used sparingly and only in
places which are unlikely to be trodden on. In addition, as with us, green
is regarded as the color
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Turkish rugs
with their variety of colors, weaves, designs and materialism, have for
centuries captured imaginations worldwide.
A hand-woven rug is almost always a work of
art, created from an ancient tradition that has
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Types Of Looms
There are two primary types of looms utilized
in contemporary rug weaving. These are the ground or horizontal
loom and the
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Types of
Materials
The
common materials used in the making of the oriental
rugs are wool, cotton, silk and rayon
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At times, camelhair, goat-hair and horsehair are used to a very limited
extent.
Wool
is the most common material
used in the
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Types Of Pile Knots
The three main types of knots
used in contemporary oriental rug weaving are the Turkish
or (Ghiordes knots), Persian or
( Senneh Knots) and the jufti knot. These are
described below.
The Turkish
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