November 3, 2008 – 12:17 pm
Although this chapter is confined to the less important producing areas, historically speaking, this does not mean to say that they have not made any significant mark on the craft. On the contrary, it will be seen that some excellent pieces came from these places, but in some cases there is a lack of authenticity, [...]
November 3, 2008 – 11:55 am
This country, which shares with Peru, Turkestan and Siberia a climate which can preserve textiles almost indefinitely, has never revealed knotted pile fabrics of earlier date than about the fourth century AD. These are not, however, of the right weave to be classified as Oriental rugs, as the knotting is rather coarse and the pile [...]
November 2, 2008 – 12:31 pm
Flat-woven Kelims have been woven in all the countries of the Balkans for centuries, but their supplies of knotted pile rugs came from Turkey, which is not surprising, as all these countries were provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
The weaving of Kelims has continued, the earlier eastern designs eventually introducing some concessions to western ideas, particularly [...]