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2. Oriental rug - Wikipedia

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   An oriental rug is woven by hand on a loom, with warps, wefts, and pile made mainly of natural fibers like wool, cotton, and silk. In representative carpets, metal threads made of gold or silver are woven in. The pile consists of hand-spun or machine-spun strings of yarn, which are knotted into the warp and weft foundation.

3. Dilmaghani - Wikipedia

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   The Dilmaghani family, the oldest existing manufacturers of hand knotted carpets and oriental rugs, can be traced back to the 1850s [1] Qajar dynasty, Persia.In an industry which largely produces untitled items often identifiable only by experts, [2] the history and lineage of any name relating to specific types of rugs for so many decades is unusual.

4. Kashmiri rug - Wikipedia

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   Rug ( /rʌɡ/ ) word is recognised with the floor covering of thick woven material ("an oriental rug"). Kashmir carpets are handmade, hand-knotted, and are primarily made using pure wool, pure silk and occasionally wool and silk blends. These are available in wide-ranging colors, designs and sizes. [1] Kashmir rugs are primarily made in the ...

5. Carpet - Wikipedia

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   Carpets can be produced on a loom quite similarly to woven fabric, made using needle felts, knotted by hand (in oriental rugs), made with their pile injected into a backing material (called tufting), flatwoven, made by hooking wool or cotton through the meshes of a sturdy fabric, or embroidered. Carpet is commonly made in widths of 12 and 15 ...

6. Knot density - Wikipedia

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   Knot density is a traditional measure for quality of handmade or knotted pile carpets.It refers to the number of knots, or knot count, per unit of surface area - typically either per square inch (kpsi) or per square centimeter (kpsc), but also per decimeter or meter (kpsd or kpsm).

7. Rug making - Wikipedia

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   Woven rugs include both flat rugs (for example kilims) and pile rugs. [2] The more tightly a rug is woven or knotted, the more detailed a design can be. "It is generally believed that the density of knots, the age, the material, and the rarity of the design or knots determines the value of a carpet. ..." [This quote needs a citation]