Oriental Rug Definitions

AKSTAFA or AKSTAFA PEACOCK DESIGN: A tribal rug design depicting a stick figure bird with illustrious long tail feathers. Currently found on new rugs with Caucasian based motifs (Kazaks) or antique pieces from the Caucasus or Turkey. ANTIQUE RUG: A rug woven 100 or more years ago. BOTEH: The small tear drop design that you see in Paisley. There are many arguments among rug scholars as to the significance of this drawing. Some say flame, pear, leaf, pine cone and this list goes on. There are numerous renditions of this symbol found in rugs of antiquity; some geometric that are difficult to recognize, unless one is familiar with the basic form. The flame gets my vote from the ancient Zoroastrians that worshiped fire.

BAF: A suffix meaning woven by. CARPET: A large or oversized rug, usually not less than 9' x 12'. CARTOON: A picture of the rug to be woven (on graph paper) indicating the exact placement of each knot to be tied and in what colors to create the design of the rug. CHINESE RUG: An Oriental rug woven in China. Sometimes the term "Chino" will be on the label of a rug produced in China. An example of this might be: Chino-Tabriz; this would be a Tabriz design rug woven in China. CITY RUG or WORKSHOP RUG: Sometimes these terms are used interchangeable. Denotes a finely (tightly) woven rug which is produced in workshop facilities with a master weaver ensuring perfect renditions of specific patterns and standards. These rugs are woven with the design or pattern created by the weaver following a "cartoon" which has been carefully drawn down to the exact knot count and each color thereof. Workshop rugs are woven on metal looms to exact size specification which have been somewhat standardized.

DECORATIVE: Denotes beauty in a rug that is not necessarily an antique or collectable piece. Example: This rug is highly decorative. DOBAG: Natural Dye Research and Development Project, Turkey. ELEPHANT'S FOOT: Additional name for a large gul on Turkoman rugs originally coming from Ersari Turkoman weavers. Ersari Turkoman: One of the more prolific weaving groups of the Turkomans now settled in northern Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.. The most well know Ersari weaving design is a large octagonal form called a gul set in rows on a red background.
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