Oriental rug
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An authentic oriental rug is a handmade carpet that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile.
By definition, oriental rugs are rugs that come from the "Orient" (East). The simple definition of the term would be rugs that come from (were made in) an Asian country such as: China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey, Maghreb countries, Cyprus and Iran in the west, the Caucasus in the north, and India in the south. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs. Oriental rugs are organized by origin: Persian rugs, Arabian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian (Turkmen, Turkoman) rugs, Chinese rugs, Tibetan rugs and Indian rugs.
In the Occident, the collecting of oriental rugs as an art form really began in the 1880s. It was confirmed by two exhibitions. The first exhibition of oriental rugs was in 1891 consisting mostly of the rugs of the Imperial House of Habsburg, but including some from private collections as well. The second, and more influential, was in London in 1892, and was capped by the sale of a single carpet for £2,500.[1]
By definition, oriental rugs are rugs that come from the "Orient" (East). The simple definition of the term would be rugs that come from (were made in) an Asian country such as: China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey, Maghreb countries, Cyprus and Iran in the west, the Caucasus in the north, and India in the south. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs. Oriental rugs are organized by origin: Persian rugs, Arabian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian (Turkmen, Turkoman) rugs, Chinese rugs, Tibetan rugs and Indian rugs.
In the Occident, the collecting of oriental rugs as an art form really began in the 1880s. It was confirmed by two exhibitions. The first exhibition of oriental rugs was in 1891 consisting mostly of the rugs of the Imperial House of Habsburg, but including some from private collections as well. The second, and more influential, was in London in 1892, and was capped by the sale of a single carpet for £2,500.[1]
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A Central Asian rug, 19th century, influenced by Chinese decorative arts. "Chinese designs often influenced designs in carpets from eastern Central Asia" [1], here, the flowers and background show color alternation within a rectangular grid.
Notes
- Erdmann, Kurt (1970). Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-520-01816-7. (translated from the German Siebenhundert Jahre Orientteppich by May H. Beattie and Hildegard Herzog)
See also
- Persian rug
- Pazyryk burials, including the Pazyryk carpet, circa 400 BC
- Armenian carpet
- Azerbaijani rug
- Kashmir rug
- Arabian carpet
- War rugs
External links
- Weaving Art Museum, a nonprofit art organization
- Oriental Rugs History. Excerpts from the book, Oriental Rugs, by John Kimberly Mumford, published 1900, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.
- "Oriental Carpets". Textiles. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
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