WikiRug:Did You Know...? 2020

WikiRug:Did You Know...?/2025/10

Week 10 2020

week 1

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 2

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 3

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 4

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 5

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 6

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 7

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 8

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 9

... that the Ardabil Carpet is one of the world’s most celebrated carpets, woven in 1539-40 for the Safavid dynasty in Iran?
... that in the nineteenth century American carpet dealers used the term serapi for Heriz wool pile carpets because it was similar to the medallion style of the Mexican serape?
... that Kalaty Rug Corporation is a family business that for generations aims to set "the gold standard for area rugs"?
... that Farahan is known for its many towns and villages that produce carpets, notably Cheshmeh, Mohajeran, Sarouk, and Sultanabad?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967?
... that in 2007, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree for the creation of a new building for the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum in the territory of Seaside National Park within the framework of a joint project of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and UNESCO?

week 10

... that the Norwegian rug collector Petter Andreas Haug will sell his entire collection of antique rugs?
... that Zagheh rugs are hand-woven Persian tribal carpets made in the Kurdish nomadic districts of Northeastern Iran?
... that in 2017 Matthew Rouhanian of Dynamic Rugs was an honoree for his career achievement?
... that the Qashqai people lived in central Asia and the Caucasus region for many centuries before moving to their current home region?
... that Yalameh is a subtribe of the Lori population in Iran?
... that Ali Mirzazadeh is the head of the Union for Persian Carpet Importers in Europe?

week 11

... that the Norwegian rug collector Petter Andreas Haug will sell his entire collection of antique rugs?
... that Zagheh rugs are hand-woven Persian tribal carpets made in the Kurdish nomadic districts of Northeastern Iran?
... that in 2017 Matthew Rouhanian of Dynamic Rugs was an honoree for his career achievement?
... that the Qashqai people lived in central Asia and the Caucasus region for many centuries before moving to their current home region?
... that Yalameh is a subtribe of the Lori population in Iran?
... that Ali Mirzazadeh is the head of the Union for Persian Carpet Importers in Europe?

week 12

... that the Ardabil Carpets, also known as the “Sheikh Safi” carpets, were purchased from this city after originally being woven for its Sheikh Safi al-Din Mosque?
... that the Ardabil Carpets are famous, and are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California.?
... that Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum have 657 objects in the “Flat-woven carpets” collection?
... that One of the world’s finest collections of Iranian carpets is the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashad, Iran?
... that In 1904, Wilhelm von Bode presented the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin with about 20 rugs from his private collection?
... The “Sarouk” in the carpet’s name refers to the village of Sarouk, in northwestern Iran, where it was made?

week 13

... that Polonaise carpets have silk pile, cotton warps and are brocaded with gold or silver thread in some parts?
... that Polonaise carpets often have light colors such as light green and blue, losing their original colors over time?
... that Isfahan rugs the kork and silk rugs now woven, is one of the finest Iranian rugs?
... that Nain rugs and carpets have a cotton foundation, a high-quality wool pile, and silk outlines for the design elements?
... Bakhtiari nomads mainly weave flatwoven items, often with part-pile sections, for daily use, such as grain storage bags, transport bags, Khorjin (saddlebags), animal covers, tent coverings, Namakdan (salt) bags, Paneer (cheese) bags, tobacco bags, and shepherd bags?

week 14

... that According to Parviz Tanavoli, the Afshar have made ‘more carpets with garden motifs than any other tribe in Iran’?
... that The term Raj in connection with the name of Tabriz carpets refers to the number of knots in a 70 mm span range?
... that The best Bakhtiar carpets with the highest knot density are sometimes called Bibibaff?
... Ziegler carpets, that are manufactured in Pakistan, have patterns that are copied from older traditions in the Arak district, Persia?
... Kurdish village carpets are usually sold under the name Koliai (also KolIai) or Sonqor?

week 15

... The oldest hand-knotted carpet in existence is the Pazyryk Carpet?
... The rulers of the Sefavides dynasty appear to have found pleasure in the representation of animal figures in their regal carpets, and it is probable that the early carpets showing this kind of decoration were made for the court?
... The carpet industry slowed during the first half of Qajar era but rebounded in the last quarter of the nineteenth century with the growing demand worldwide for floor coverings. In Kashan, Kerman, Khorasan, Kurdistan, Sulatababad, Tabriz, and other locations, Persia began to produce carpets primarily for foreign export?
... A Mashad Persian rug, made using the asymmetrical knot, often features a round or elongated medallion design that is embellished with pendants and floral elements?

week 16

... Arak carpets were famous for two colors, Sarouk Dooghi Farahan blue and Mushk-Abad Runasi?
... Wool is a natural, thin fiber that grows on the skin of animals such as sheep, goats, and camels?
... Farahan Sarouks designs are semifloral, mostly in a medallion style, with four medallion quadrants in the corners of the background?
... During the nineteenth century poetic inscriptions occasionally were woven in the borders of Bakshaish carpets?
... Silk is a very fine natural fiber drawn from the cocoon of the moth Silkworm and it's used in textile weaving and carpet weaving?

week 17

... The colors in Hashtrood rugs are most often a combination of salmon, baby blue, and navy blue. For some unknown reason it is very rare to see red in Hashtrood rugs?
... Shiraz rugs have geometric designs with a medallion, allover, or Mihrab (prayer arch) styles?
... Jozan weavers made mainly small rugs, mat-size to approximately seven feet by four feet six inches?
... Kalaty Rug Corporation is trying to progress through new designs, innovative coloring and finishing, as well as through its continuing commitment to provide customers with excellent handcrafted products and unparalleled service?
... Cotton is a plant that its boll used in spinning, textile weaving, and carpet weaving. Its ingredients are cuticle, cellulose, and protoplasm?

week 18

... Wool. While pricey, wool is a favorite of rug pros and designers for its natural look and feel and its durability. “If you can afford it, wool is the best, as it looks better over a longer period of time,” Gurley says. “It will spring back into shape with steam cleaning, and furniture marks are easily eliminated. Wool also breathes, so if a room is humid, the carpet will absorb some of the moisture and make the room feel more arid. When the room dries out, the moisture will be released.”?
... Mood Rug carpets were produced in high quantities for the middle-class consumer in the domestic and Western markets?
... MoshkAbad Rug Designs employed were the palmette with leaves and vines, Harshang (crab), Herati (fish), Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis), MAIGHAN, and the Open Field pattern?
... Cotton is a plant that its boll used in spinning, textile weaving, and carpet weaving. Its ingredients are cuticle, cellulose, and protoplasm.?

week 19

... Carpet Museum of Iran is a government museum that aims to introduce the art and industry of carpet art, especially the Persian Carpet, founded in 1976 in Tehran?
... Viss carpets have a medallion style with stylized motifs generally in an Open Field design.?
... Early Fereydan carpets may have a wool foundation, but generally it is cotton with a wool pile?
... CarpetVista has since it was founded in 2005 by Hossein Sadr and Ludvig Friberger grown to become a global leading online retailer of high-quality carpets with sales in over 50 countries?
... Istanbul Carpet Week (Turkish: istanbul hali haftasi) is a specialized carpet exhibition that aims to present and introduce carpets, every year in October from 2016 in Istanbu?

week 20

... Iran Handmade Carpet Exhibition is a specialized carpet exhibition that aims to present and introduce handmade carpets every year in September at Tehran International Exhibition Center?
... Lilihan rugs have semicurvilinear designs inspired by the weavings of the town of Sarouk?
... Serapis are all intents and purposes a particular type or grade of what are called Heriz rugs – more specifically the highest grade in terms of weave, and very probably the oldest type in terms of age?
... Semnan carpets are floral in design, with red-blue background coloration greatly similar to Mashad carpet styles?
... The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving is an encyclopedia about the diverse forms that the art and craft of the handwoven carpet has taken over twenty-five centuries, from the Far East to North Africa, from Europe to India, and within both hemispheres of the New World?

week 21

... Goravan carpets are woven in the Heriz design style and are grouped under the Heriz carpet name?
... Touserkan rugs have geometric or semigeometric tribal designs in a medallion and allover style?
... There are hundreds of active weaving sites in Hamadan Province. The most notable villages are Bibikabad, Borchelu, Borujerd, Darjazin, Hosseinabad, Enjilas, Kabudar Ahang, Koliai, Malayer, Mazlaghan, Mishan, Nahavand, Saveh, Tafresh, and Touserkan, as well as the districts of Khamseh and Mehraban?
... Cotton is a plant that its boll used in spinning, textile weaving, and carpet weaving. Its ingredients are cuticle, cellulose, and protoplasm?

week 22

... CarpetVista has since it was founded in 2005 by Hossein Sadr and Ludvig Friberger grown to become a global leading online retailer of high-quality carpets with sales in over 50 countries?
... Viss field and border colors are mostly reds, dark blue, and ivory. Additionally, different shades of blue, green, brown, coral, gray, and gold appear in the medallions, design elements, and outlines?
... During the last quarter of the twentieth century some examples of silk pile on silk foundation carpets were produced in Isfahan, similar to other Iranian weaving cities, such as Kashan and Qum, which were largely producing this quality type during that period?

week 23

... Zanjan rugs have a wool foundation and a medium to long wool pile. By the mid-twentieth century the weavers had switched to a cotton foundation?
... Nazmiyal Collection provided carpets for use as backdrops in an exhibition of works by artist Paul Thek at the Whitney Museum?
... The Encyclopedia of Antique Carpets: Twenty-Five Centuries of Weaving features Classic Asiatic sources in the "Rug Belt"—Persia (Iran), Anatolia (Turkey), the Caucasus, China, India, and central Asia—and includes more than six hundred entries on all areas of historic carpet production, ranging from village to city and style to weaver?
... Kathy Ireland Worldwide (kiWW) is an American design and brand marketing company, founded in 1993, by American model and actress Kathy Ireland?

week 24

... Some notable Persian tribal and nomadic rugs were woven by Caucasians, Turkomans, Baluchs, Kurds, Loris, Bakhtiaris, Qashqais, and Afshars?
... The designs Abadeh rug are geometric and have Shiraz regional tribal styles. The patterns are allover, single medallion, or multiple medallions in the center of the field?
... Founded in 1998, Rugman grew out of a third generation rug import/export business with the vision of merging centuries-old techniques of the rug trade with the latest advancements in technology and e-commerce?

week 25

...Herat Baluch rug foundations are made with wool, goat hair, or a mixture of wool and goat hair?
...The herat rugs are geometric in design and generally have a Mihrab (prayer arch) or allover pattern?
...Heriz carpet designs are geometric, in either a medallion or an allover layout?
... Heriz carpets are best known for having a large center medallion with quartered medallions in the corners of the field?

week 26

...A hooked tool used by rug weavers to pull yarn through the warps in tying knots?
...Persian carpets from the Safavid period and Mughal carpets showing hunting scenes, animals in combat or animals singly, usually within an intricate floral setting?
...Tabriz rugs are made in a variety of sizes ranging from small pillows to palace dimensions and are woven in good to very fine grade qualities?

week 27

... Established in 1994, Dynamic Rugs built its business on three primary objectives: innovation, selection, and prompt fulfillment?
... Shahsavan: Iranian Rugs and Textiles create By Parviz Tanavoli?
... Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum founded in 1967 in Baku?
... Rugman is a Persian and Oriental rugs online provider?
... The Goravan rugs is used The Turkish (Symmetric) knot?

week 28

... Jaipur Living is an Indian family-owned corporation in rug business and produce handmade rugs?
... Brothers Paul, Alex, and Stephen Peykar founded Nourison in New York City in 1980 after building a reputation in the retail flooring segment?
... Rugman mission is to provide authentic, high quality, handcrafted area rugs and to provide unsurpassed service and experience?
... Heidarian’s rugs woven in parallel by nomadic tribes and local weavers in villages and town workshops are mainly and artistically made in four major rug centers of Iran including: Chaharmahal-o-Bakhtiari, Kurdistan, Fars and Azerbaijan?
... Dynamic Rugs’ diverse collection consists of rugs selected from quality manufactures in India, China, Turkey, and Belgium?
... As Jason Nazmiyal said: "My goal at Nazmiyal is to give our clients the finest rugs with greatest range of choices at the best value?
... CarpetVista Design Competition in 2019 are totally overwhelmed with the 8000 designs, from over 90 countries?

week 29

... Afshan (persian afshân, “scattered”) is an all-over design found in Caucasian, Indian, Persian, and Turkish rugs?
... Herati is a very common repeat field design consisting of a flower centered in a diamond with curving lanceolate or sickle leaves located outside the diamond and parallel to each side?
... Persian carpets from the Safavid period and Mughal carpets showing hunting scenes, animals in combat or animals singly, usually within an intricate floral setting?
... Carpets with a field filled by flowers and tendrils or a lattice with a vase included as part of the design?

week 30

... Since 1997 United Weavers has been helping vendors offer outstanding, affordable area rugs including the hottest trends to old world classics?
... Kathy Ireland Worldwide (kiWW) is an American design and brand marketing company, founded in 1993, by American model and actress Kathy Ireland?
... Dynamic Rugs’ diverse collection consists of rugs selected from quality manufactures in India, China, Turkey, and Belgium.
... Couristan is an American private company that works in the field of home furnishing?
... Heidarian Rugs awarded 3 times in 2007, 2008, and 2009 for The Best Traditional Nomadic Design (2007- Bibijoon design, 2008-Katoli design, and 2009-Setareh design), and 2 times for The Best Traditional/Formal Carpet Design (2008-Sana design, and 2009-Sarvy design)?

week 31

... The carpet collections of Carpet Museum of Iran consist of 135 pieces of carpets from different regions of Iran?
... The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the largest art museum in the United States?
... From 1967 to 1993, the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was called the Azerbaijan State Museum of Carpet and Folk Applied Arts?
... Victoria and Albert Museum, is the world’s leading museum of decorative arts and design art?
... Miho Museum was designed by architect I.M. Pei, who is renowned for works such as the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris?

week 32

... The background colors of Abadeh rugs are mainly reds, but gold, blues, turquoise, camel, and ivory?
... Afshar rugs generally have a wool foundation and a wool pile?
... Ahar carpets use a Heriz design style and are grouped under Heriz carpets?
... Arak carpets were famous for two colors, Sarouk Dooghi Farahan blue and Mushk-Abad Runasi?
... Ardabil Rug magnificent masterpiece measuring 34' x 17' is hanging on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England?

week 33

... Ardakan Carpets were woven with a Kerman or Yazd design and technique?
... Bakshaish carpet designs are geometric with either an allover or medallion style?
... The Bakhtiari people are settled along the Zagros Mountains from west central to southwestern Iran?
... Colors of Baluch rugs are usually predominantly a rich burgundy with some very dark navy blue and accents of beige?
... Bidjar rugs are ideal for high-traffic areas such as a main entrances, corridors or kitchens?

week 34

... Birjand's rugs are famous and known internationally as "Mood Carpet"?
... Borchalu is a village located in the southwestern Hamadan Province in western Iran?
... The Bakhtiari people are settled along the Zagros Mountains from west central to southwestern Iran?
... The most common knotting technique used for Elam rugs and rug runners is the asymmetrical Persian knot?
... The Herati design is the most common pattern found in injilas rugs?

week 35

... all Farahan area rugs have a cotton warp and weft and a wool pile?
... The medallion, palmette, and Minakhani (rosette-linked trellis) designs were especially popular in the older Ferdos weavings?
... Fereydan rug is invariably utilized the Turkish (symmetric) knot?
... Gholtogh is a tribe named after a village located in the Zanjan Province of northwestern Iran?
... Ghoochan is an important collection point for Kurdish and Afshar tribal and village rugs?

week 36

... Golpayegan literally means “fortress of flowers”?
... The design, color, and quality of a Persian carpet from Goravan is so entirely identical to a Persian carpet from Heriz?
... In the 1960s the city of Hamadan began to weave French Savonnerie Carpets designs?
... The foundation on Hashtrood rugs is cotton, while the pile is wool?
... Heriz carpets are best known for having a large center medallion with quartered medallions in the corners of the field?

week 37

... Afshan is an all-over design found in Caucasian, Indian, Persian, and Turkish rugs?
... Bhadohi Rugs have traditional Persian patterns similar to those of Kerman and Tabriz?
... Kelardasht rug designs are geometric, with one to multiple medallions in the field?
... Injelas rugs are categorized as part of the Hamadan Mosul Rugs group?
... Meshkin rugs have either a wool or cotton foundation and a wool pile?

week 38

... Early Kashmir weavings are named Mughal Carpets in the trade?
... Boteh is a pear-shaped figure common in oriental rug design?
... Panja is a heavy metal comb used to beat down wefts and knots?
... CarpetVista is a Swedish private company that has operates of online carpet retail store?
... Khoy carpets have a cotton foundation and a wool pile?

week 39

... Mirzapur carpets are known in the antique trade from the British Raj era?
... MoshkAbad carpets designs are semifloral in either all-over or medallion styles?
... Lattice An all-over pattern consisting of ogives, diamonds, hexagons, octagons, or rectangles?
... CarpetVista is a Swedish private company that has operates of online carpet retail store?
... Moud carpets are similar to those woven in other Khorasan cities such as Azghand, Birjand, and Gonabad?

week 40

... Some scholars believe the early Caucasian Dragon Carpets are attributable to Armenians of the southern Caucasus?
... In Azerbaijan an important rug type is the silk Heriz?
... The tribes who make rugs in Afghanistan are the Kyrgyz, Turkmens, and Uzbeks, in the northern region?
... Belgian carpet designs include Oriental, European, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, and other modern styles?
... Bulgarian carpets have mainly Persian designs from the cities of Kashan or Tabriz?

week 41

... The Nazmiyal Collection was founded in 1980 in New York by Jason Nazmiyal?
... INDEX is the Middle East's largest interior design show?
... The Louvre is the world's largest museum and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history?
... Asymmetric Knot is The Persian Knot?
... Afshan is an all-over design found in Caucasian, Indian, Persian, and Turkish rugs?

week 42

... Rugman is a Persian and Oriental rugs online provider?
... Nehavand rugs have semigeometric tribal designs in medallion or allover styles?
... Uttar Pradesh Rug is one of the eastern rugs that woven in India?
... Symmetric Knot is The Turkish knot?
... Boteh is a pear-shaped figure common in oriental rug design?

week 43

... Herati is a design found in Persian and Oreintal rugs?
... Uzbek rugs are geometric, in mostly allover styles?
... Punjab Carpet is one of the eastern rugs that woven in India?
... Najafabad carpets have a cotton foundation and a wool pile?
... Meymeh carpet designs are similar to those of early twentieth-century Josheghans?

week 44

... Islimi is a design motifs based on leaf shapes and used in metalwork, ceramics, architectural ornament, textiles and carpets in the Near East?
... Kashmir rugs are woven primarily on a cotton foundation?
... Himachal Pradesh Carpet is one of the eastern rugs that woven in India?
... Kyrgyz rugs are woven in a geometric, nomadic style?
... Meshkin rugs have either a wool or cotton foundation and a wool pile?

week 45

... Afshan is an all-over design found in Caucasian, Indian, Persian, and Turkish rugs?
... Kathy has graced the cover of Forbes Magazine twice 2012 and 2016?
... Shah Abbasi used in borders and in combination with other floral elements as an all-over repeat in the field?
... Bulgarian kilims are sometimes referred to as "Thracian"?
... Mazlaghan rugs have a cotton foundation and a wool pile with the Turkish (symmetric) knot?

week 46

... Iran Handmade Carpet Exhibition is a specialized carpet exhibition that aims to present and introduce handmade carpets every year in September at Tehran?
... Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is the largest art museum in the western United States?
... Lattice is an all-over pattern consisting of ogives, diamonds, hexagons, octagons, or rectangles?
... Turkmenistan is considered a part of Western Turkestan?
... Punjab Rug is one of the eastern rugs that woven in India?

week 47

... Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris?
... Spanish carpets were made in medallion or all over styles, with either geometric or floral patterns?
... Vagireh A small rug woven with parts of different designs to show the variety of designs?
... Quchan rugs have a wool foundation and a wool pile?
... Carpet weaving began in Bhadohi during the late Mughal period?

week 48

... The Turkish (symmetric) knot is used in Kazakh Carpet?
... Knot densities of contemporary rugs in Rajasthan Rug are about 144 to 225 knots per square inch?
... Vase design have been attributed to Kerman?
... Injelas rugs are categorized as part of the Hamadan Mosul Rugs group?
... The Gholtogh rugs have a cotton foundation and a wool pile?

week 49

... The knot in afshar rugs is symmetrical (Turkish) knot, and is tied by hand?
... The most genuine Bidgineh designs called "Haji Orangi" and "Chahar Gat"?
... Gholtogh designs have a vast variety woven by mental image?
... The designs of the Heriz rugs based on two methods: broken and curved?
... One of the most important quality characteristics of Isfahan carpet is the use of original Iranian designs, patterns and colors?
... The materials used for Kashan rugs is wool and silk for very delicate carpets?
... The medallion, nazem, prayer-nich, repeated in and out fish, paisley designs are most popular Qashqa'i rugs?
... The required wool for carpet weavers of Tabriz, comes from Macku, Moghan, Urmieh, Khoy and Salmas?

week 50

... Tabriz is the main focal point f of production of the city-woven carpets in Azerbaijan?
... Weaving in Kashan mainly takes place in Kashan city and its suburbs like Natanz and Josheghan?
... Qashqa'ies weave rugs in two types: offset warp and semi-offset warp?
... One of the most important quality characteristics of Isfahan carpet is the use of original Iranian designs, patterns and colors?
... The excellent quality of the raw materials used in Heriz Rugs comes from excellent local wools and the neighbouring tribes like shahsavans?
... Some villages of Gholtogh dye their required piles in Zanjan market?
... The knot used in Bidgineh carpets is symmetrical (Turkish) knot which tied by a hook?
... In Afshar Rugs, borders are usually narrower than the rug size and various designs like Phoenix and Dragon constitute dominant designs of the region?

week 51

... The most well-known Farahan carpet in the antique market is the Farahan Sarouk?
... The Lilihan rugs have a cotton foundation and a wool pile?
... Heriz carpet designs are geometric, in either a medallion or an allover layout?
... Some Afshar rugs are woven by brides before their wedding as a Jahaz?
... Old Josheghan carpets have a brick-red background and blue or ivory border?
... The Khoy carpets have floral designs and colorations similar to Tabriz style?
... In the 1960s the city of Hamadan began to weave French Savonnerie Carpets designs?
... Karadja carpets are called "Serapis" in the trade?

week 52

... "Serapi" may be a nickname given by American dealers for northwestern Persian Heriz carpets?
... Afshar carpets come in a variety of designs but common designs are Medallion, Shah Abbasi, Afshan, Fish, Gul Farang?
... Haji Orangi is a classic type of Zanjan rural carpet?
... Gholtogh designs have a vast variety woven by mental image?
... Nain weavers are credited with being the first to outline design elements and flowers with silk highlights?
... Qashqa'ies is produced by soaking the skein, which are colored by madder, in dough?
... Kolyai Rugs have a wool or cotton foundation and a wool pile?
... Malayer field colors are mostly reds, ivory, or dark blue, but at times, camel or light blue?

week 53

... Hosseinabad rugs have semigeometric designs in medallion or allover layouts?
... Nehavand rugs have a cotton foundation and a wool pile tied with the Turkish knot?
... Tehran carpet tonality is particularly apparent in their red, light blue, and gold fields?
... The Mehraban designs have a geometric, village style featuring multiple medallions with tribal ornaments?
... Bakhshaish carpets are categorized in the Heriz rug group?
... Early Bidjars sometimes used tribal motifs and animals along with traditional designs?
... Kerman master weavers were known to sign their name on the top portion of carpet borders?
... Songhor formats range from small bag faces to rugs approximately seven feet by four feet six inches?

WikiRug:Did You Know...? 2020

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