Turkey Wool Rug - 1.32 x 0.72 SquareRug weaving started in Turkey since 13th century with the arrival of the Seljuks , who were nomadic tribes from central Asia. In Ottoman Turkey, weaving patterns and techniques changed in the early sixteenth century after conquests in Persia and Egypt. Anatolia had been known for carpets with stylized animal and geometric designs, but with these new cultural contacts, carpets designed around a central medallion and with flowing saz style vegetation
This carpet may hold its place comfortably with the very best produced in that region and may be purchased withe our highest recommendation
This is a beautiful rosette/flower shaped central medallion rug
which help to emphasis the stronger colour complex field
and many of the carpets have backgrounds decorated with an interlaced pattern of flowers and branches
with two differently sized lamp motifs surrounding the design
When the end of the field is reached there is a sense that the patterns may continue beyond the borders of the rug
or perhaps even to the whole village community
A magnificent central medallion carpet that has around the medallion a beautiful subdued yellow coloured base field that together create the illusion of a human-eye
It is made from wool and comes from the city of Gorawan
The high knot density antique carpets in which Isfahan excelled continued to be woven in the late 19th and 20th centuries
Qum rugs are among the finest rugs in the world
An Afghan rug (or Afghan carpet) is a type of handwoven floor-covering textile traditionally made in the northern and western areas of Afghanistan
