The start of antique carpet weaving stays obscure, as rugs are liable to utilize, weakening, and obliteration by creepy crawlies and rodents. Woven carpets presumably created from before floor covers, made of felt, or a procedure known as "level weaving". Flat-woven mats are made by firmly intertwining the twist and weft strands of the weave to deliver a level surface with no heap. The strategy of meshing floor coverings further formed into a system known as circle weaving. Circle weaving is finished by pulling the weft strings over a measure pole, making circles of string confronting the weaver.
HANDMADE RUG - Baluch rugs are tribal hand-woven rugs made in the southern part of Persia by nomadic Baluch tribes. The majority of Baluch rugs are woven in the province Sistan-Baluchistan, which sits on the extreme Southeast boundaries of Persia. Colours of Baluch rugs are usually predominantly a rich burgundy with some very dark navy blue and accents of ivory. They frequently have either an overall pattern, or a prayer rug design. Any Baluch Persian rug is one of a kind and has absolutely no duplicates anywhere in the world. Being of tribal and often nomadic origin the Baluch rugs are generally small in size, typically limited to a length of 8 ft. Often using wool pile and foundation the rugs are resilient, however due to the materials used and the circumstances of the weavers the knot count is generally low with about 60-180 knots per square inch (KPSI).The people of Baluchistan are descendants of Turkmen weavers and they are amongst the poorest in the in Persia. Low wages and tribal lifestyles mean that Balouch rugs are some of the best value for money carpets from Persia. FREE DELIVERY ON THIS RUG within UK mainland.
HANDMADE RUG - Kazak rugs are a type of Armenian rug that were woven in the south of Caucasus, between Tiflis and Erevan.The older Caucasian carpets are made with hand spun yarns of wool as well as the warp, weft and pile. The natural colours are both clear and strong. Good wool quality and Turkish knots make the carpets durable and they have a good reputation. In newer carpets, made after 1925, the warp is of cotton, with synthetic colours that are bleached and fewer and simplified patterns are used. The carpets are fairly durable All Caucasian carpets are made with a Turkish or Giordes knot "Kazak" carpets are not from Kazakhstan but are from an area in what is now Armenia. The word probably derives from the Russian for Cossack - originally Christian Russian and Ukrainian serfs who fled from feudal landlords, and who were noted for their brutality. The colours of older Caucasian carpets are mostly made from natural materials found in the respective tribal regions. FREE DELIVERY ON THIS RUG within UK mainland.
HANDMADE RUG - Baluch rugs are tribal hand-woven rugs made in the southern part of Persia by nomadic Baluch tribes. The majority of Baluch rugs are woven in the province Sistan-Baluchistan, which sits on the extreme Southeast boundaries of Persia. Colours of Baluch rugs are usually predominantly a rich burgundy with some very dark navy blue and accents of ivory. They frequently have either an overall pattern, or a prayer rug design. Any Baluch Persian rug is one of a kind and has absolutely no duplicates anywhere in the world. Being of tribal and often nomadic origin the Baluch rugs are generally small in size, typically limited to a length of 8 ft. Often using wool pile and foundation the rugs are resilient, however due to the materials used and the circumstances of the weavers the knot count is generally low with about 60-180 knots per square inch (KPSI).The people of Baluchistan are descendants of Turkmen weavers and they are amongst the poorest in the in Persia. Low wages and tribal lifestyles mean that Balouch rugs are some of the best value for money carpets from Persia. FREE DELIVERY ON THIS RUG within UK mainland.
HANDMADE RUG - A Sarouk Rug is a type of Persian rug from the province of Arak in Iran. Sarouk (also Saruk or Sarough) rugs are those woven in the village of Saruk and also the city of Arak, Iran and the surrounding countryside. T hey are made with a high quality, tough wool using a Persian knot. The finest of the modern Sarouk rugs comes from the small town of Ghiassabad.
HANDMADE RUG - The designs are very geometrical. The weaving is firm and regular, the quality of the wool is excellent, and the warps and wefts are generally cotton. Many small sizes are produced, and larger pieces are generally runners. The rather bold striking designs may originally have had a tribal significance which is now lost - some of The Designs resemble crabs, insects and leaves. Natural dyes are largely used.
HANDMADE RUG - Kazak rugs are a type of Armenian rug that were woven in the south of Caucasus, between Tiflis and Erevan.The older Caucasian carpets are made with hand spun yarns of wool as well as the warp, weft and pile. The natural colours are both clear and strong. Good wool quality and Turkish knots make the carpets durable and they have a good reputation.
In newer carpets, made after 1925, the warp is of cotton, with synthetic colours that are bleached and fewer and simplified patterns are used. The carpets are fairly durable All Caucasian carpets are made with a Turkish or Giordes knot "Kazak" carpets are not from Kazakhstan but are from an area in what is now Armenia. The word probably derives from the Russian for Cossack - originally Christian Russian and Ukrainian serfs who fled from feudal landlords, and who were noted for their brutality.
The colours of older Caucasian carpets are mostly made from natural materials found in the respective tribal regions. FREE DELIVERY ON THIS RUG within UK mainland.
The bar is then either expelled, leaving the circles shut, or the circles are cut over the securing pole, bringing about a mat fundamentally the same as a certifiable heap carpet. Hand-woven heap mats are created by hitching strings of string independently into the twists, cutting the string after each single kno There are narrative records of floor coverings being utilized by the antiquated Greeks. Level woven kilims dating to at any rate the fourth or fifth century AD were found in Turfan, Hotan prefecture, East Turkestan, China, a region which still creates covers today. Floor covering parts were additionally found in the Lop Nur zone, and are woven in symmetrical bunches, with 5-7 joined wefts after each line of bunches, with a striped structure, and different hues. They are currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Other pieces woven in symmetrical just as deviated ties have been found in Dura-Europos in Syria, and from the At-Tar collapses Iraq,dated to the primary hundreds of years AD.
These uncommon discoveries show that every one of the aptitudes and procedures of coloring and cover weaving were at that point known in western Asia before the principal century AD.
Persian rugs were first referenced around 400 BC, by the Greek writer Xenophon in his book "Anabasis". Xenophon portrays covers as valuable, and qualified to be utilized as strategic endowments. It is obscure if these floor coverings were heap woven, or created by another strategy, e.g., level weaving, or weaving, however it is intriguing that the absolute first reference to Persian covers on the planet writing as of now places them into a setting of extravagance, eminence, and tact.
There are no enduring Persian floor coverings from the rules of the Achaemenian (553– 330 BC), Seleucid (312– 129 BC), and Parthian (ca. 170 BC – 226 AD) lords.
Antique rugs and carpets for sale
Our selection of antique carpets and rugs of various types were woven by nomadic tribes, in village and town workshops. They all represent different lines of tradition and reflect the history of their region and its people. Vintage rugs usually have their own unique styles and colour combination which as time progresses can soften in colour depending on exposure to natural sunlight. These soft colours and abrashes that are created in rugs only as a result of old age are usually sought by collecters and are sometimes imitated in new handmade and machine made rugs. We have a vast selection of antique rugs for sale dating up to 100s of years ago from flatweave, Kilim, Persian, Morrocan, Turkish and all sorts of antique carpets from all over the world.
