WikiRug:Featured Article/2020/41

Bulgaria is a country located in Eastern Europe. In the nineteenth century it was known for making flatwoven mum rugs in the folk art style. Some of the weavings include Anatolian (Turkish) motifs, because Bulgaria was once under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. These rugs were mainly woven on household looms in small sizes for personal use.
Bulgarian pile rugs and carpets are known in the market from the first quarter of the twentieth century. The carpets were woven under government supervision and regulations, and were manufactured in workshops with precise design and color execution.(Full article...)