Oriental rugs

Oriental rugs

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Caucasus

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

An area of southern Russia which is bordered by the Black Sea on the West and the Caspian Sea on the east. The Caucasus mountains border the region from the northwest diagonally to the southeast. ...

Alcaraz

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

An important Spanish rug-weaving center which flourished during the 15th to the 17th Centuries.

A northwest Indian city known as an important weaving center for rugs during the late 19th early 20th centuries. It was very prolific during this period due to the strong demand for carpets in the ...

Anatolia

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

The Asian (as opposed to the European) area of Turkey, bounded by the Black Sea to the north, Georgia to the northeast, the Armenian Highland to the east, Mesopotamia to the southeast, the ...

aniline dye

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Dyes which are derivatives of aniline - produced from coal tar. These were invented in Europe in the 1850's and by the 1870's were widely used as inexpensive alternatives to vegetal dyes.

aqcha

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

Afghan rug type using locally sourced wool and chemical dyes. The Afghan Reds have a lower knot count than their Khal Mohammadi counterparts and are less introcate as a result. They are woven around ...

abrash

Home furnishings; Oriental rugs

A change in color in the field and border due to differences in wool or dye batches. The color change extends across the rug, weft-wise. Abrash is more likely to occur at the top of a rug, as ...