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2. Berber carpet - Wikipedia

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   Handmade Berber carpet from Morocco A woman weaving a carpet using a handloom in 1961 in al-Qayrawan. Modern industrialized Berber carpets are distinguished by a loop pile construction type that gives a similar appearance to the distinct knot of traditionally woven Berber carpets. The modern carpets usually contain small flecks of dark colour ...

3. Moroccan rugs - Wikipedia

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   Moroccan rugs experienced a growth in popularity in the West with mid-century modern designers, such as Le Corbusier, who paired the thick piled Berber rugs with their sleekly designed furniture. Many of these Berber carpets are woven by the Beni Ourain peoples from the Rif Mountains near Taza.

4. Carpet - Wikipedia

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   Macro shot of a Berber-style carpet. Berber-style carpets feature two sizes of tufts of varying colors in a loop pile construction Carpet with geometric patterns on the floor in kindergarten. Buryatia, Russia. Carpet is commonly made in widths of 12 and 15 feet (3.7 and 4.6 m) in the US, 4 m and 5 m in Europe.

5. Knotted-pile carpet - Wikipedia

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   A knotted-pile carpet is a carpet containing raised surfaces, or piles, from the cut off ends of knots woven between the warp and weft. The Ghiordes/Turkish knot and the Senneh/Persian knot, typical of Anatolian carpets and Persian carpets, are the two primary knots. [1] A flat or tapestry woven carpet, without pile, is a kilim.

6. Berbers - Wikipedia

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   The regime of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya also banned the teaching of Berber languages, and, in a 2008 leaked diplomatic cable, the Libyan leader warned Berber minorities: "You can call yourselves whatever you want inside your homes – Berbers, Children of Satan, whatever – but you are only Libyans when you leave your homes."

7. Azerbaijan Carpet Museum - Wikipedia

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   Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Xalça Muzeyi, formerly called the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum) is a museum located in Baku that displays Azerbaijani carpets and rugs with historical and modern weaving techniques and materials. [1] It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world. [2]