About Turkish Rug:
No one knows precisely when and where the technique of weaving first started, there is no doubt that the art of weaving started in several areas around the world and at different times. Using DNA Testing, weaving samples have been dated in Turkey from 7000 to 8000 BC. In those days, the migrating tribes were exposed to severe weather conditions and learned to use goat hair in the making of their tents. The name of Oriental Rug can be from weavers in what is considered the Orient produced by traditional methods in the ancient weaving regions of the Caucasus, Anatolia(Turkey), Persia (Iran), Afghanistan, Turkestan, Baluchistan, China, India, Pakistan, the Balkans and parts of North Africa. All with their own unique weaving methods.
Goat hair is longer and much sifter than sheep’s wool. The flat weave technique was used in the making of their tents. Just as a braided ponytail, strands of the shorter and stiffer hair stick out of the braid, the goat hair sticks out of the weave, and when gets wet, these hairs then drop and partially cover the holes in the flat weave. Thus making the tent almost waterproof. These nomadic people would also help to keep themselves shielded using goat hair flatweave, to make a surface to protect them from the humidity and moisture that is present in the earthen floors of their tents. The very same techniques of the flat weave to make floor coverings and called them “Kilims”. Most flat weave designs reflected the depictions of the worshiped symbols of those nomadic’s beliefs. This was the first Turkish Rug. Used for flooring, bedding, coverings.
Kilims Rug
Hand-Made Turkis Rug Cleaning:
The art of weaving improved and many items useful in everyday life were woven using this flat weave, for example, saddlebags for horses and camels that could be used in the transportation of many types of items. These woven kilims were made with goat hair and used as warm blankets because the fibers were so long. It’s thought that these early blankets were woven in imitation of actual animal felts. These types of blankets are used as the kilims as well as for cradles, with the corners tied to the overhead tent poles so that the cradle could be swung back and forth to rock the babies to sleep.
Based on the evolution and the part of the world the weaving was being done, many types of woven products improved over time with additional uses developed. At first, the nomads, who strictly lived in tents, used the soft stacks as beds. Then in a further inspiration of using animal pelts as a model, the weavers started to add piles to the basic flatweaves. These first pile rugs were very supple; they would simply fold and throw them on a horse’s back or to be used as a sleeping bag during their long voyages.
None of us know exactly when and where the first knotted-pile carpets were woven. However, the oldest “surviving” pile carpets were discovered in the grave of a Scything Prince of the Altai Mountains in In1947 in Siberia, by Russian archeologists and are presently displayed in the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. The carpet was woven with the Turkish rug – ( Turkish Rug Cleaning ) double knot and contains a surprising 347.000 knots per square meter (255 per square inch); it is 3.62 square meters (6 x 6.5 feet) and has been carbon-dated to have been from the 5th. Century B.C. It was loaded and subsequently flooded and froze to await discovery by Redneck. The Park (or Altai) carpet, is rather sophisticated, thereby showing that it is the product of a long history and tradition of weaving.
We at Oriental Rug Cleaning Services specialize in the hand washing of all types of hand-made, Oriental rugs. Be they from Turkey, Persia, China, or other parts of the Orient, These beautiful and sometimes expensive rugs are our passion. We treat these masterpieces of weaving like they were our own. From cleaning to repair and re-weaving, Oriental Rug Care is here to take care of your precious rug. Call us for a free estimate.
History of Turkish Rugs
Turkish Rugs
Kilims Rug