WikiRug:Did You Know...? 2021

WikiRug:Did You Know...?/2025/5

Week 5 2021

week 1

... You only need to rotate your rug every one to two years?
... Sunlight can cause the dye in your Oriental rug to fade dramatically?
... Most Oriental rugs have fringes on the end that can become twisted and tangled very easily?
... It's especially important that you regularly vacuum your Oriental rug to prevent the natural fibers?
... Stains can easily develop if you don't immediately spot clean a spill once it occurs?
... Do not use soap, bleach, or other common cleaning products on your Oriental rug?
... You should rearrange your furniture to create new pathways every six months or so?
... Experts recommend having your Oriental rug professionally washed every three to five years?

week 2

... You should always block sunlight from hitting the rug as often as you can?
... It is usually best to shoot for rotating every one to two months, if the rug is located in a high traffic area?
... Flip the rug end over end to allow the fringe to straighten out more naturally?
... It is usually best to turn off the beater bar when vacuuming your Oriental rug?
... When you place padding beneath your Oriental rug, it helps to keep it stabilized, protect the shape of the rug, and reduce wrinkling?
... Moisture buildup on your rug can have devastating effects in the form of mold and mildew growth?
... Hang your Oriental rug out to dry outside for a few hours every six months?
... You can re-fresh the surface by wiping the rug down with a cloth or sponge that has been dampened with cold water?

week 3

... Shampoo carpet cleaning was popular till encapsulation technology was introduced in 1970s?
... Foam encapsulation use synthetic detergents as a base that will crystallize into powder form when dries?
... Bonnet cleaning is popular in hotels?
... Dry carpet cleaning is one of the latest cleaning technology found in the market?
... Cleaning compound is typically made of biodegradable material that works like micro-sponges?
... Hot Water Extraction Cleaning would normally take about 2 hours to clean and will take at least 4 hours to dry?
... The foam encapsulation cleaning technique uses less water during cleaning?
... Dry carpet cleaning is safe for all types of carpet and recommended for commercial offices?

week 4

... Walking on a moist carpet could damaged its pile fibres?
... When the carpet is completely dry after any cleaning treatment, always vacuum the carpet thoroughly?
... If a pile yarn gets loose, Never pull it out?
... For cleaning grease stains use a product specifically designed to treat grease stains?
... For cleaning water-based stains soak up the spill immediately with absorbent tissue or paper towel?
... Never fold your tufted carpet?
... Folding a carpet, damages the backing?
... Tufted carpets could shrink when they get too wet?

week 5

... Rugs should be brushed or vacuumed with a suction-only appliance regularly to prevent the build up of damaging dust and grit?
... Rugs should also be rotated occasionally to even out any areas of wear or un-even sun fade that may be occurring?
... Damp is very damaging to Oriental carpets?
... Wool in particular is susceptible to shrinkage so should not be left wet for extended periods?
... Excessive direct sunlight can cause fading over a number of years?
... Never scrub or brush any stain out of your carpet?
... Hand knotted wool rugs may require a full wash once every five to ten years?
... Damage from moth larvae and other household rug-eating pests can be avoided as long as the rug is cleaned regularly?

week 6

... When handmade area rugs get dirty, they can be washed?
... When handmade rugs are damaged, they can be fixed or repaired?
... The handmade area rugs come through the ordeal looking much improved and even look older?
... A pleasant atmosphere for a handmade area rug includes protection from constant sunlight?
... Consistent lighting from the sun can spoil a good rug in less than a month?
... Wall mounted rugs can easily attract moths since they are never touched or disturbed?
... Moisture under a house can cause rugs to mildew?
... Regularly vacuuming or sweeping rugs is one of the easiest ways to stop moths?

week 7

... Contemporary rugs are appropriate for modern looking interiors which are very popular today?
... Medallions are popular in traditional rugs and thus can be placed in a room with a very nice chandelier?
... Tribal rugs are very popular and can be used in a wide variety of interiors?
... Wool area rugs are still the industry standard of beauty?
... People who have a deep passion for silk rugs often times don’t even have wool?
... Bamboo silk rugs are best to use in large areas?
... The truth to the story about interior design with your oriental rug is that your rug becomes the main attraction in the room?
... The most common sizes for rooms are 8×10 area rugs and 9×12 area rugs?

week 8

... Interior design featuring a Persian rug is a timeless way of decorating?
... Edger Allen Poe wrote that “the soul of the apartment is the carpet”?
... Carpet is the foundation of the décor, and all else flows from it?
... Usually there is no harm in having the front legs of a chair or sofa on the rug and the back legs off?
... Dark colors in a carpet bring the ceiling down?
... Light colors in a carpet make the ceiling seem higher?
... Rug with a central medallion usually is placed so that the medallion falls in the middle of something?
... Rugs with curvilinear lines designs are useful in more formal settings?

week 9

... Rugs and carpets are a elegant way to spice up the home?
... Rugs and carpets adds a touch of softness to the room?
... The soft fibres of the carpet will absorb the sounds?
... Rugs and carpets can provide warmth in rooms where the flooring is made of concrete, tiles, marble or wood?
... Area rug is a rug that covers only part of the floor in a room?
... Area rugs are great for highlighting certain areas such as the living room?
... Carpet runners are most suitable for hallways, circulation paths and gallery kitchens?
... The carpet size mustn't be too small and should be large enough to accommodate furniture such as the coffee table?

week 10

... Rugs can be a game changer on how a room looks and feels?
... Rugs can sit in harmony with your room?
... A runner carpet is a great way to create a cohesive look and feel to your hallways?
... By placing similar style or coloured rugs in connecting spaces, you unify and create a visual connection between the two rooms?
... Rugs are the perfect solution to sound absorption especially if you have hardwood or tiled floors?
... You can hanging rugs on your walls?
... When choosing your rug you must look towards other elements of your design scheme, such as colour?
... You can use rugs to reinforce areas within the space?

week 11

... Rugs are great at zoning off spaces and anchoring your furniture?
... Rugs help absorb sound which is a necessity in large open spaces?
... Rugs are a great way to introduce pattern to neutral spaces?
... Rug actually adds some depth and warmth with its rustic colour palette that compliments the rest of space?
... Using a rug in darker spaces is a way to create texture to prevent them from appearing flat and boring?
... Layering rugs provides additional textural contrast which creates more interest?
... The rug you choose should be large enough to fit under all four legs of each piece of furniture?
... Your rug size should be based on the dimensions of your room and not your coffee table?

week 12

... The carpet can serve as a sound insulator, space zoner?
... Typically, the carpet is selecting into an already furnished room?
... The most expensive but of the highest quality are carpets of wool?
... As a rule, the color of the wool carpet is of a light, pastel palette?
... Wool carpets accumulate dust, poorly forbear exposure to moths and mildew?
... Carpet will create a warm and cozy atmosphere in the restroom?
... The carpet of lighter shade or a diagonal pattern can visually expand the space of the bedroom?
... Printed rugs always need some addition as a picture or a decorative pillow to the interior?

week 13

... One-color carpet is recommended in rooms with printed wall finishing?
... A bright carpet with geometric patterns or images of fantastic, cartoon characters is perfect for a child’s room?
... Carpet with bright squares of different colors and textures looks cheerfully and optimistically in the nursery?
... An interesting rug design for a children’s room is a checkered canvas?
... For the living room, the carpet can become a zoning element outlining the conventional boundaries of a functional segment?
... Dark carpets are in need of more thorough and frequent cleaning?
... Small rugs can bring variegation to any room?
... The carpeting that covers whole or almost whole floor space is still actual in many modern interiors?

week 14

... You only need to rotate your rug every one to two years?
... Sunlight can cause the dye in your Oriental rug to fade dramatically?
... Most Oriental rugs have fringes on the end that can become twisted and tangled very easily?
... It's especially important that you regularly vacuum your Oriental rug to prevent the natural fibers?
... Stains can easily develop if you don't immediately spot clean a spill once it occurs?
... Do not use soap, bleach, or other common cleaning products on your Oriental rug?
... You should rearrange your furniture to create new pathways every six months or so?
... Experts recommend having your Oriental rug professionally washed every three to five years?

week 15

... You should always block sunlight from hitting the rug as often as you can?
... It is usually best to shoot for rotating every one to two months, if the rug is located in a high traffic area?
... Flip the rug end over end to allow the fringe to straighten out more naturally?
... It is usually best to turn off the beater bar when vacuuming your Oriental rug?
... When you place padding beneath your Oriental rug, it helps to keep it stabilized, protect the shape of the rug, and reduce wrinkling?
... Moisture buildup on your rug can have devastating effects in the form of mold and mildew growth?
... Hang your Oriental rug out to dry outside for a few hours every six months?
... You can re-fresh the surface by wiping the rug down with a cloth or sponge that has been dampened with cold water?

week 16

... Shampoo carpet cleaning was popular till encapsulation technology was introduced in 1970s?
... Foam encapsulation use synthetic detergents as a base that will crystallize into powder form when dries?
... Bonnet cleaning is popular in hotels?
... Dry carpet cleaning is one of the latest cleaning technology found in the market?
... Cleaning compound is typically made of biodegradable material that works like micro-sponges?
... Hot Water Extraction Cleaning would normally take about 2 hours to clean and will take at least 4 hours to dry?
... The foam encapsulation cleaning technique uses less water during cleaning?
... Dry carpet cleaning is safe for all types of carpet and recommended for commercial offices?

week 17

... Walking on a moist carpet could damaged its pile fibres?
... When the carpet is completely dry after any cleaning treatment, always vacuum the carpet thoroughly?
... If a pile yarn gets loose, Never pull it out?
... For cleaning grease stains use a product specifically designed to treat grease stains?
... For cleaning water-based stains soak up the spill immediately with absorbent tissue or paper towel?
... Never fold your tufted carpet?
... Folding a carpet, damages the backing?
... Tufted carpets could shrink when they get too wet?

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 Istanbul?

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

... 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 Istanbul?

week 28

... 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?

week 29

... "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 30

... 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 31

... 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 32

... 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 33

... 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 34

... 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 35

... "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 36

... 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 37

... 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?

week 38

... 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 39

... 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 40

... 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 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

... 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 43

... 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 44

... 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 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

... "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 52

... 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 53

... You only need to rotate your rug every one to two years?
... Sunlight can cause the dye in your Oriental rug to fade dramatically?
... Most Oriental rugs have fringes on the end that can become twisted and tangled very easily?
... It's especially important that you regularly vacuum your Oriental rug to prevent the natural fibers?
... Stains can easily develop if you don't immediately spot clean a spill once it occurs?
... Do not use soap, bleach, or other common cleaning products on your Oriental rug?
... You should rearrange your furniture to create new pathways every six months or so?
... Experts recommend having your Oriental rug professionally washed every three to five years?

WikiRug:Did You Know...? 2021

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