Turkish rugs

Carpet weaving in Anatolia initially started with the entry of the Turkish clans from Central Asia, who settled in this area. In this way, Anatolian floor coverings frame a part of ethnic Turkish carpets.

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Probably the most seasoned models known are the eighteen enduring pieces woven by the Seljuk Turks in the thirteenth century. The themes in these pieces spoke to in adapted flower and geometrical examples in a few essential hues and were woven in Sivas, Kayseri and Konya.

The specialty of floor covering weaving which started with the Seljuks proceeded with the Ottoman Turks. After the Selcuk Turks and before the Ottomans, amid the change time frame in the fourteenth century, creature figures started to show up on the floor coverings. Albeit not very many of these exist today, they can be found in the works of art of acclaimed Italian, French and Dutch painters. Because of the creature figures on these floor coverings, they are called as "Carpets with Animals".

The sixteenth century was the start of the second effective time of Turkish rug weaving. The floor coverings from this period are classified "Traditional Ottoman Rugs". The reason these floor coverings are designated "Castle carpets" is that the plan and hues would have been dictated by the royal residence specialists and afterward sent to the weaving focuses. this strategy was like that utilized in the fired tile creation of that period. 

In the start of the nineteenth and twentieth hundreds of years, the mats woven in Hereke (close-by Istanbul) increased overall acknowledgment. These Turkish rugs were initially woven just for the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire.