carpet weaving
Loom-based textile production
Carpet weaving is the craft of making carpets or rugs on a loom, interlacing warp and weft threads to create patterned floor coverings.
The term encompasses both hand-knotted techniques passed down through generations in regions like Persia, Turkey, and Central Asia, and industrial machine production.
She learned carpet weaving from her grandmother in a village outside Tabriz.
- flatweaveNon-piled woven fabric
- knottingForming fixed interlacements
- woolSheared animal fiber
- Persian carpetsTraditional Iranian floor coverings
- geometric patternsArrangements of regular shapes
warping · heddle · kilim · tribal symbols · flying shuttle · silk · cotton · natural dyes · floral motifs · tufting · shuttle · Navajo rugs · prayer rug · arabesques · dyeing · rug · handicrafts · trade route
- Armenian culturelavash, traditional costumes, dolma, wedding customs, religious practices
- Bedouin cultureBedouin tents, black tent, desert survival, hospitality customs, nomadic lifestyle
- PersiaIran, Persian Empire, Sassanid Empire, Safavid Empire, Persepolis
- textilescotton, wool, silk, fabric, thread
- craftssewing, knitting, painting, glue, scissors
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