Indian Rugs
The great period of Indian rug weaving was from about 1550 through 1740. Rugs of this period are discussed under the entry “Mughal carpets.” The Persians defeated the Mughals and sacked [...]
Chinese Rugs
Rugs of China are considered to include those of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Xinjiang. Rugs were primarily woven in northern China. Contemporary Chinese rugs are woven in cooperative factories. There is consistent [...]
Romanian Rugs
Modern pile rug production in Romania was begun by Armenian refugees after the First World War. In the 1920s and 1930s, workshops in Romania wove fine copies of Caucasian and Turkish [...]
Olefin Rugs
Olefin Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. Olefin is a plastic and petroleum derivative. This synthetic fiber is [...]
Polyester Rugs
Polyester Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A polymer of polyhydric alcohol and a polybasic acid. A synthetic [...]
Linen Rugs
Linen Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A fabric made of yarn with fibers from the stem of [...]
Nylon Rugs
Nylon Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. Nylon is a commercial name for polyamide. A plastic derived from [...]
Jute Rugs
Jute Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A bast fiber from the stem of the sisal plant Corchorus [...]
Hemp Rugs
Hemp Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A bast fiber of Cannabis sativa. Hemp is used for making [...]
Cotton Rugs
Cotton Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. Fiber from the seed pod of the plant Gossypium herbaceum. The [...]
Coir Rugs
Coir Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. Matting made from the spun fibers of coconut husks. It was [...]
Chenille Rugs
Chenille Material Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A fabric of warps holding cut wefts is slit, warp wise, [...]