Jaipur Rug
| Jaipur Rug | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Name | Jaipur Rug |
| Alternative name(s) | Jaipur Carpet |
| Origin |  India |
| Technical information | |
| Pile material | Wool, Silk |
| Foundation material | Cotton, Silk |
| Knot type | Asymmetrical (Persian) |
Jaipur Rug or Jaipur Carpet is one of the eastern rugs that woven in India.
Jaipur is a city of northern central India in the wool-producing province of Rajasthan. Rug weaving in prisons began in Jaipur in the middle of the nineteenth century. These rugs were copies of Mughal designs. Carpets are woven with single or double wefts, with single-wefted rugs of a finer weave. Contemporary carpets have asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The finer variety have a knot density of about 200 knots per square inch and are copies of other Near Eastern designs. The collection of the Jaipur Palace Museum includes many fine Mughal carpets.[1]
History
Jaipur is a city that was founded in 1727 in northern India. It is the capital of the state of Rajasthan, which was once a weaving center during the Mughal period. Carpets woven in this region under the Mughal reign are called Mughal Carpets in the trade. During the British Raj period, the carpets made in the city and the surrounding areas were called "Jaipur".
Jaipur carpets were made with Persian floral designs and coloration on a cotton foundation with a wool pile. The Persian (asymmetric) knot was always used. Jaipur carpets were made generally in a good grade quality.
The Jaipur carpet industry was known to produce "Jail" Carpets, which were made by prisoners and date to the Mughal period. After India's independence, in 1947, Jaipur became a carpet-trading center, mostly for foreign export.
Today Jaipur and the surrounding area make various carpet types in several quality levels in accordance with market demand. Weavings with a silk foundation and a silk pile are also manufactured in the region.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Abraham Levi Moheban. 2015. The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving. NewYork: Princeton Architectural Press.
- Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon: Tuttle