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2. Ushak carpet - Wikipedia

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   Uşak carpets, Ushak carpets or Oushak Carpets (Turkish: Uşak Halısı) are Turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs, called by convention after the city of Uşak, Turkey – one of the larger towns in Western Anatolia, which was a major center of rug production from the early days of the Ottoman Empire, into the early 20th ...

3. Anatolian rug - Wikipedia

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   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. Geographically, its area of production can be compared to the territories which were historically dominated by the Ottoman Empire. It denotes a knotted, pile-woven ...

4. Transylvanian rugs - Wikipedia

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   Amongst the rugs carpets preserved in Transylvania are classical Turkish carpets like Holbein, Lotto, and so-called "white ground" Selendi or Ushak carpets. [1] [3] The term "Transylvanian rug" more specifically refers to four distinct types of Anatolian carpets which have survived in Transylvania.

5. Oriental Carpet Manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   The Ottoman government promoted the commercial production and export of rugs by setting up rug exhibitions, quality controls, and by establishing schools of arts and crafts in Konya and Kırşehir. [5] As the demand increased by around 1830, Ottoman as well as European and U.S. American trading corporations expanded their commercial activities.

6. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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   Turkish carpets form an essential part of the Turkish culture. Amongst Oriental rugs, the Turkish carpet is distinguished by particular characteristics of dyes and colours, designs, textures and techniques. Usually made of wool and cotton, Turkish carpets are tied with the Turkish, or symmetrical knot. The earliest known examples for Turkish ...

7. Hereke carpet - Wikipedia

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   The Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid I founded the Hereke Imperial Manufacture in 1841 to produce all the textiles for his Dolmabahçe Palace on the Bosphorus. He gathered the best artists and carpet weavers of the Ottoman Empire in Hereke, where they began producing high-quality rugs and large carpets with unique patterns.