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2. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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   An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local sale, and export. Oriental carpets can be pile woven or flat woven without pile, [ 1 ] using various materials such as silk, wool, cotton, jute and animal hair. [ 2 ]

3. Ushak carpet - Wikipedia

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   Oushak rugs are known for the silky, luminous wool they work with. The dyes tend towards: cinnamons, terracotta tints, gold, blues, greens, ivory, saffron and grays. The late 19th century saw the rejuvenation of Oriental rug production, at this time Oushak re-surfaced as a preeminent center of weaving industry.

4. Rag rug - Wikipedia

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   A rag rug is a rug or mat made from rags. Small pieces of recycled fabric are either hooked into or poked through a hessian backing, or else the strips are braided or plaited together to make a mat. Other names for this kind of rug are derived from the material (clippy or clootie rug) or technique (proggie or proddie rug, poke mats and peg mats ...

5. Anatolian rug - Wikipedia

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   Anatolian double-niche rug, Konya region, circa 1750–1800. LACMA M.2004.32 Bergama rug, west Anatolia, first half of 18th century.. Anatolian rug or Turkish carpet (Turkish: Türk Halısı) [1] is a term of convenience, commonly used today to denote rugs and carpets woven in Anatolia and its adjacent regions.

6. Kerman carpet - Wikipedia

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   Modern Kerman rugs made for western markets are commonly woven in pastel shades of amber, pink, and blue-gray. They may feature western patterns, such as stripes and various repetitive motifs, as well as more traditional vase and garden themes, animal shapes, and pictorial designs.

7. Scandinavian rugs - Wikipedia

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   Rya rugs, for example, are woven with a combination of techniques that include weaving tapestry, needlework, and carpet knots. [6] Traditionally, Scandinavian Rya rugs were hand-made by artisans who would add symmetric Turkish (or Ghiordes) knots directly to the warp through a specially woven backing. Small holes in the weave allowed the rug ...