Sunday, April 29, 2012

Oriental Rugs - History And Brief Details

By Allan Henry


Oriental rugs are finely handcrafted rugs woven inside the Middle East as well as the deep Orient - mostly regions extending from China inside the east, to Turkey inside the west as well as the Caucasus inside the north, to India inside the south. Authentic oriental rugs are knotted with pile or woven without having pile and exclusively handwoven, which makes them exclusive and much more exquisite, precious, and costly than the other sorts of rugs. A number of the most well-liked and best oriental rugs include the Turkish, Caucasian, Turkoman, Afshan, Donkeybags, Prayer Rugs and Kilims rugs.

Short History About These Great Rugs:

The earliest known oriental pile rugs were those discovered in a Scythian burial web page in Outer Mongolia dating back to the fifth century B.C. The second millennium B.C in Egypt and Central Asia had already noticed the evolution of the art of rug weaving so by the fifth century B.C., rug weaving had turn into a simply well-developed fine tuned art. When the Silk Route came into becoming inside the 17th century in the course of the Safavid reign in Central Asia, oriental rugs began gaining immense popularity and Europe began to import them in large quantities. The rug producing art and industry inside the Orient also became a lucrative, extremely skilled occupation. By the middle of the 19th century, not just the affluent but the middle class citizens of Europe also began to value and afford these exquisite handwoven rugs.

Knots and Oriental Rug Weaving:

Oriental Rugs are handwoven on looms. The pattern of the rug is produced by the knot (pile). Pile knots are of two kinds - symmetric and asymmetric. Symmetrical knots might be tied in such a approach to give the pile a left or correct inclination. Knot density is measured by counting the knots vertically and horizontally within the given area along the back of the rug. The size of warp (foundation threads wrapped about the loom), warp depression, weft (thread inserted along the width of the loom) and pile threads all ascertain the knot density. A cartoon (preliminary sketch comparable in size to the work) might perhaps be produced as a guide just before intense weaving.

The loose warp threads along the ends are knotted, woven or braided into the fringe following the weaving. The Selvage will be the edge formed following a single terminal warp or perhaps a cord created of many terminal warps is wrapped with the weft of many threads. The side cord may also be added only following when the rug has been woven and removed from the loom, as well as a single cord is sewn on to the side of the rug. To generate a rounded finish, an overcast (warps wrapped with a separate thread in circular fashion) might be utilized effectively.

Type of Supplies Best Utilized for Weaving Oriental Rugs:

Wool, cotton, silk and rayon are commonly utilized in weaving oriental rugs. Wool and Silk are generally utilized inside the pile. Wool will be the most prevalent fiber inside the Oriental rug weaving market and silk will be the most costly. Silk, which is also one of the most resilient, is utilized for creating one of the most elaborate and intricately knotted and tied rugs due to the ever changing possibility of creating exclusive and exquisite texture unmatched by any other. Cotton is mostly utilized for weft and warp. Rugs made from rayon are more affordable and less durable although they quite often easily resemble that of its close relative of silk.




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