What are oriental carpets?

Oriental carpets are carpets that come from Asia, a continent with a rich tradition of rugs. The term also usually includes carpets in the Middle East, such as Persian carpets. Many people connect oriental carpets with high -quality materials and luxury, and therefore tend to appear in Květid's novels. Many carpet shops sell oriental carpets in a wide range of sizes, shapes and styles, and it is also possible to buy them directly from the Carpens' teams in Asia and the Middle East. Usually most people mean a hand -made carpet when they refer to oriental carpets, and many people think that specifically fraud with a pile that is often very strong and plush. Oriental carpets, however, can also be flat woven, as in the case of Afghan kilomis, traditional flat woven carpets that have been made in the same way for centuries.

Good Oriental rugs are characterized by several things. The first is to use natural fibers such as wool, silk and laundry.The fibers used in the carpet differ and the carpet usually starts very stiff because it is designed to endure years of hard use. Oriental carpets benefit from walking when walking softens the fibers, basically breaks the carpet. The second characteristic characteristics of oriental carpets are rich, living colors, although the colors in mute natural tones are not unheard of.

Finally, oriental carpets often have complex patterns, whether they are bound or woven piles. Floral themes are very common, although oriental carpets can also display landscape, historical scenes and mythological characters. Some have purely geometric patterns and all are very complex, with complex recurrent patterns that require a fine eye to properly perform the details.

Some examples of Orienta Laber Families include Anatolian carpets, Persian carpets, Central Asian carpets, Tibetan carpets, noÚínské carpets, Kurdish carpets, Turkestan carpets and Caucasian carpets. All these rug families are relatively large and include a number of traditions, styles, patterns and design techniques. Some people also focus on antique oriental carpets and collect beautiful examples of handmade carpets that can be two or three hundred years old. Antique collectors should be careful because some rugs are not under the artificial aging of their carpets to get a higher price.