Turkey Karaz Rug - 2.41 x 1.50 Turkaman

Turkey Karaz Rug - 2.41 x 1.50 TurkamanRug weaving started in Turkey since 13th century with the arrival of the Seljuks , who were nomadic tribes from central Asia. In Ottoman Turkey, weaving patterns and techniques changed in the early sixteenth century after conquests in Persia and Egypt. Anatolia had been known for carpets with stylized animal and geometric designs, but with these new cultural contacts, carpets designed around a central medallion and with flowing saz style vegetation

This carpet would look very impressive in any setting

This rug was made by a very famous master weaver

There are different kinds of Afghan carpets

craftsmanship and materials

enabling the weavers to weave a highly compacted rug

Sanandaj has a long and illustrious history of weaving wool rugs which can be traced back into at least the classical period and perhaps much farther back than that

This is an exciting rug with huge activity

salt bags and flat-weaves known in the West as kilims

Warps are mostly cotton

These all sit spectacularly well together

The carpet is made from silk and comes form the city of qum

and which is square shaped