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All About Carpets & Rugs |
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Carpet Knots |
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Knotted pile carpets are the most durable handmade pile carpets.
Tufted carpets with different types of piles or loops are also
available but knotted are the best in the category. Usually an
Oriental rug quality is judged by the knots per square inch. The
more the count, better the quality. |
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Oriental rugs basically use two kinds of
knots: gyordes and senneh. In Asia Minor and on Caucasus gyordes
are almost exclusively used, while is Persia both types are
common. The two most common types of knots used in an oriental carpet
are Persian knot and Turkish knot. |
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Persian Knot -
It is an asymmetrical single knot also called farsibaff or senneh knot
(named after the Persian city of Senneh, now known as Sanadadje
in the Iranian Kurdistan). Here the thread forms only one loop around one of the
two warps. So the pile threads vary in protruding between the
adjacent warps. |
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Turkish Knot -
It is a symmetrical double knot also called turkbaff or Gyordes
after the Asia Minor city of Gyordes. Here
the pile thread forms a loop around two warps. Both ends of the
pile thread come out between both warps. |
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There is another type called the
Jufti Knot ( It
can be symmetrical or asymmetrical and the difference is that it
is formed over four wraps.) the Berberian knot , and the
Spanish knot. |
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Tibetan knot
- This knot has a different formation. A temporary rod which establishes
the length of pile is put in front of the warp. A continuous
yarn is looped around two warps and then once around the rod.
Once through with the row, the loops are cut to form the knot. |
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As per the experts no knot is good or bad. They give a different
texture to the carpet. |
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Knot Density
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Knot density is an indicator of quality. More the number of
knots per square inch, better the quality. Kpsi is the density
i.e. knots per square inch. 80 or less kpsi denotes poor quality
and 120 to 330 is medium to good. 330 or more kpsi denote good
to very good quality and more than that are classified as
exclusively fine pieces. |
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