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All About Carpets & Rugs |
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Carpets Glossary
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Abrash
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Color variation in the same color usually seen in an oriental
carpet because of difference of yarn or batch color of the rug
due to a difference in the wool or dye batch. |
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Antique
Wash
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A chemical bath that tones down colors to simulate aging. |
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Afshan
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Another name for Afshar, now it is used to describes the
presence of silk pile in an urban carpet. |
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Arbrush
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A carpet pattern with a series of delicate stripes of a
different tone closely paralleling each other, horizontally
across. |
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Art Silk
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Also called artificial silk it is made from mercerized cotton
that appears similar to silk. The fiber is very soft to the
touch and gives durability, affordability and low maintenance of
cotton. |
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Aubuson
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French flat carpets from the 15th to 19th Centuries. |
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Blend
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A mixture of two or more fibers or yarns. |
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Border
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The design forming the outer edge of a rug surrounding the main
field. |
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Boteh
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A small Oriental rug motif that resembles a pinecone or pear. |
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Braided Rug
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A rug made by braiding yarn around a core and shaping it into a
rug. |
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Burn
Test -
A small tuft of fibers from a rug is burned to test for its
content and the type of fiber. |
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Carpet
- (knotted Carpet) a particular decorative
textile made by hand on a horizontal or vertical loom using the
technique of knotting to obtain not anordinary flat fabric but
an artificial pile that hides the supporting framework, or
foundation. |
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Cloth Backed
Rug
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It refers to Tufted Rugs, that have a cloth backing. |
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Chanted
Rugs
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A technique used for the duplicate manufacture of the finest
urban rugs. |
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Chi-Chi
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Name for Caucasian type rugs made in Chechnia and Dagistan.
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Chin Wool
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The fine whiskers from the chin of sheep that are sometimes set
aside for a special ceremonial carpet. They are considered finer
than silk but are very rare. |
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Chrome
Dye
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Modern synthetic dyes. |
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Carpet
Cushion or Rug Pad
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A term used to describe material placed under carpet to provide
softness and support. |
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Dhurrie
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Traditional flat woven rug from India made of cotton or wool.
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Field
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The central area of the rug. |
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Flat
Weave
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A rug without pile. |
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Foundation
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The combination of warps and wefts in the body of a rug. |
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Fringe
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The warp ends that extend from the end of the rug. |
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Hooked Rug
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Yarns are pushed through the back of a canvas cloth and pulled
back through to form a design. |
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Kilim
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Woolen flat weave rug from Turkey. |
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KPSI
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Number of knots per square inch. |
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Natural Rug
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These rugs are usually made of sisal, jute or wool. They are
usually not dyed in colors. |
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Pile
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It forms the face of the oriental rug formed by knotting the
yarn to the wrap. Flat weaves do not have a pile. |
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Prayer Rug
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Rugs having an arc in the pattern. |
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Resilience
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Elasticity of the carpet. Ability of carpet pile or cushion to
recover original thickness. |
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Sheen
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A carpet having a high luster, usually produced by special
chemical washing. Silk and high quality wool have natural sheen.
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Tufted
Carpet
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A technique where the wool piles are punched in through the base
cloth giving a general appearance of a hand knotted carpet. The
tufts need to be anchored on a secondary backing for durability.
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Vegetable
Dyes
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Natural dyes produced from berries, roots and bark. |
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Warp
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String of Yarn that runs vertically on a loom forming the
foundation of a woven carpet. |
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Weft
-Yarns
that are woven across the warp of a rug, along the width. For
knotted carpets, they run the width after each roe of knots. |
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Wool
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Fur of sheep. |
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Worsted
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Before wool is spun into yarn, it is combed, then worsted to
improve its quality by leaving only the longer pieces of fiber
for final spinning. It is used for more intricate patterns.
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