Kilim Rugs
Origin of Kilim Rugs Kilims are flat-woven rugs without any pile. This is achieved by weaving the threads in a crosswise method. The weft, also known as the width of the rug, goes [...]
Origin of Kilim Rugs Kilims are flat-woven rugs without any pile. This is achieved by weaving the threads in a crosswise method. The weft, also known as the width of the rug, goes [...]
Origin of Gabbeh Rugs The very first Gabbeh rugs originated in Iran. Modern versions of Gabbeh rugs come from India, Pakistan and Turkey featuring visual references to their time and culture. [...]
Origin of Soumak Rugs A Soumak is a flatwoven rug in the Kilim weaving category. This type of rug is produced in the Caucasus region and by Persian tribes. They are [...]
History of Ziegler Rugs Ziegler was one of the first European companies to set up looms and use its own supervisors to oversee and advise on carpet designs and coloration [...]
Origin of Tabatabaie Rugs Tabatabaie rugs are among the most beautiful and legendary Persian carpets ever built. Tabriz is an ancient city in North Western Iran and it is probably responsible [...]
Origin of Shalimar Rugs Shalimar rugs and their weaving originated in Agra, home of the magnificent Taj Mahal. Agra, India | © Rugman [...]
Origin of Patchwork Rugs Patch work is a relatively new phenomenon in the rugs business. It is becoming increasingly popular in many categories of rugs. As the name suggests, the general [...]
Origin of Jaldar Rugs Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A design of Pakistani rugs consisting of columns or [...]
Origin of Indo-Persian Rugs Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon :Tuttle. A large group of sixteenth and seventeenth-century rugs of [...]
Origin of Haji Jalili Rugs Abraham Levi Moheban. 2015. The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving. NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press. Haji Jalili was a famous master weaver (ustad) and [...]
Origin of Chobi Rugs Developed in Pakistan, Chobi rugs were created in response to the North American fashion sense with a healthy dose of tradition (i.e. Persian motifs) mixed in. The [...]
Origin of Yamouth Rugs Abraham Levi Moheban. 2015. The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving. NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press. The Yomut are one of the largest Turkmen tribes, living [...]