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Written by Jim B
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 21:30 |
I hope this site will not only help you learn a little about rugs and how they are made,
but plant a seed that will become a passion such as many of us have for
our favorite subject, work of art and decorating tool, rugs.
See when updates are made by following on Twitter
and follow my new blog to talk about rugs and making rugs.
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Written by Goodweave
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 15:41 |
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 The 2010 raffle is here! Help us ensure that childhood is not a luxury item for children like Maili, a child weaver rescued by GoodWeave inspectors. Maili is shown here in class at Nepal’s prestigious Little Angels School, an opportunity made possible by GoodWeave’s academic sponsorship program.
Each raffle ticket you purchase supports GoodWeave’s campaign to end child labor in the handmade rug industry and sponsor schooling for children like Maili in South Asia — and gives you a chance to win this exquisite carpet, certified child-labor-free by GoodWeave.
Japanese Floral in Saffron, measuring 8’ x 10’ and retailing at $9,000, has been donated by Florence Broadhurst Handmade Rugs, a collection by Cadrys that translates the Australian designer’s iconic wallpaper designs into rug art. Hand woven in Nepal from Tibetan wool, silk, and natural fibers, Japanese Floral links elegant Japanese influence with artistic poise. Luxe Interiors + Design says the collection “offers an exotic grace reminiscent of the Australian design doyenne’s flair and sophisticated flamboyancy.”
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Written by Kashmir.Net
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Wednesday, 06 May 2009 13:27 |
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 A Carpet is a life long investment - it may well be the single most expensive purchase during your trip to Kashmir. Kashmiri carpets are world renowned for two things- they are hand made and they are always knotted, never tufted. It is extremely instructive to watch a carpet being made- your dealer can probably arrange it for you.
Stretched tightly on a frame is the warp of Carpet. The weft threads are passed through, the ‘talim’ or design and color specifications are then worked out on this: a strand of yarn is looped through the warp & weft, knotted and then cut. The yarn used normally is silk, wool or silk and wool. Woolen carpets always have a cotton base (Warp & Weft), silk usually have cotton base. Sometimes however, the base is also silk in which case you will see that the fringe is silk; the cost increases proportionately. Occasionally, carpets are made on a cotton base, mainly of woolen pile with silk yarn used as highlights on certain motifs. |
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Written by www.rugandcarpets.com
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Saturday, 23 May 2009 23:55 |
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War carpets or war rugs also sometimes called as civil war rugs are the distinctive carpet style that is peculiar to the region of Afghanistan. The war carpet depicts the war scenes. Afghanistan is in the turmoil state since many decades and the country saw many civil wars in the past. In 1979 Afghanistan was invaded by Russia that engulfed whole nation into bloody conflict. The sufferings, the casualties and the war weapons were depicted on the rugs by the weavers. The tradition of war carpet weaving that started as a reaction to Soviet occupation continues even today. These carpets are considered as the world's richest traditions of war art of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
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Written by Bill Mitcheson, Rugs LLC
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009 20:41 |
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There seems to be a feeling among many traditional hand made rug importers that machine made rugs are not worth the money to make them. I think they are wrong. Machine made rugs fit very nicely in the rug world.
Today's consumer is looking for 5x9 rugs that retail from $500 to $1,200 that look stylish and will last 7 to 10 years. They can match these rugs with their $2000 to $3000 furniture and when they want to change the look of the room, they trade the rug out to redecorate. Expendable Fashion. The majority of today's consumers do not necessarily want an heirloom. Less expensive rugs are considered disposable and can be changed out at a reasonable cost. |
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Written by http://www.hereke-carpets.com/en
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 18:41 |
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Over centuries, fishermen in Hereke used to hand knot carpets for their own requirements as it is common practice in the Turkish nations. Thanks to the Royal Court Manufacture, the fishermen's village on the coastline by the Marmara Sea became famous. Since the middle of the 19th century the finest silk and woollen carpets were hand-knotted there. To this day, th ese beautiful and luxurious carpets represent the peak of hand knotting art worldwide. In 1843, Sultan Abdulmejid I, the Ottoman Emperor, established the Royal Court Manufacture in Hereke and allowed the production of carpets, canvases, cushions and curtains exclusively for the Ottoman Court. At that time, Emperor Abdulmejid ordered the Dolmabahçe Palace to be built on the coast of the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, which became the first European-style Palace. It contains the world's largest Bohemian chrystal chandelier, a gift from Queen Victoria of the British Empire. The palace has the largest collection of Bohemian and Baccarat chrystal chandeliers in the world and even a staircase is made of Baccarat chrystal. 140 carpets and 115 prayer rugs produced in Hereke cover over 4,500 square meters. To explain the reason why the Royal Court Manufacture was established in Hereke, the citizens of Hereke tell the story according to which Sultan Abdulmejid found the Hereke Bay so picturesque during a cruise in the Marmara Sea. He was so impressed by the beauty and tranquility of this place that he decided to establish the Royal Court Manufacture there. |
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