How to recognize a carpet

Handmade carpet
The carpet hand knotted "has a higher or lower level nodes that are created from handmade chains on the vertical warp, each row of knots is then compacted and acceding to the previous horizontal passage of one or more wires plot. The warp and weft forming the belt structure (or "foundations") may be made of pure wool, cotton and silk rarely. The fleece is usually made of pure wool and sometimes silk. It may have details in silk (silk touch, "abrishami goals) or cotton. The number of nodes is usually calculated per square meter and indicates the density and fineness dell'annodatura. The node is more dense and finer. A teacher can tie knotted Tabriz up to 14,000 nodes in 12 hours, which corresponds to the height of about cm. 2 in a carpet of medium width.
Only in the manufacture of Tabriz dell'annodatura density (number of nodes) is calculated by linear 7 cm across the width of the belt, and is expressed in "Raji". For example, Raji 30 indicates that there are 30 knots in 7 cm linear. It starts from 20/30 for a tied commercial Raji and Raji comes to 80 for a very fine piece of mixed-silk.
In the manufacture of Nain finesse dell'annodatura is expressed in "the", or the number of warp threads which form a chain. More subtle is the warp is finer and denser the node. They range from 9 to 6 and theoretically to 4 threads of cotton or silk with ricardo (noh-la-la shiso, char-la)
It must be remembered that the density of knots is not the only element that makes a valuable rug. There are in fact highly sought after and famous carpets that have a big knot, such as Heriz. The main element of a good quality carpet is wool fleece. It should have a long fiber, be well degreased in running water for not attracting the moths and then to absorb well the dye plant. Esssre must appropriately spun by hand and Ricardo. These treatments are very long and expensive, and give a result very different from the industrial processing. Only a material with a fine knotter be packing a fine carpet, with beautiful design, colors and technical mastery. This product deserves to be expensive.

The are two main types of knots
1-node Ghiordes / Turkish. It 's a node which covers and closes two warps. It uses geometrical patterns to tie. It 's the most robust.
2-node Senneh / Persian. It 's a node that spans two warps and terminating only the latter. It is used to tie more curvilinear patterns. .
3-node Jufti. It 's a node that spans four warps instead of two, and closes them to the Turkish or Persian.
4-node fraudulent. It is a 'node' false covering 1 or 2 warps without closing them.
The last two nodes are in commercial carpets, wool using less and require less labor time. Carpets are not very sturdy and durable.

Carpet-producing countries
The country's most popular producer of carpets and important is Iran, ancient Persia. From the Safavid period (sixteenth century) and until 1828 also included the magnificent factories in the Caucasus. Following the group formed by articles of Turkmenistan, India and Turkey, or Anatolia.
Other countries are historically tied producers Tibet, Central Asia and China to the east, Thrace, Macedonia, Syria and Egypt in the Mediterranean and the Ottoman protectorate of Transylvania to the west.
The countries of today's manufacturers of commercial carpets are Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, China, Egypt, Romania and Belgium

How to recognize a carpet
The Persian carpet experts examine the piece from the back, to understand the origin, quality, and age.
In a good mat design should be even more beautiful and clear when viewed from the back, while slight irregularities in going to nodes indicate the manual and the texture of the beating. For example, if the warp is visible and large means that it was little used and that the wool carpet is made of cotton in most of the structure. The color changed over time from the back indicates the time and the "maturing". Although the examination of the fringes reveals some characteristics of the carpet, quality and age. If the fringes are applied to machine the heads, we are faced with a carpet "machine-made" and not hand knotted. Sometimes these products are improperly called "handmade", simply because the fringe is applied by hand with air tools. While it represents the beams of the rug warp chains.
Other carpets are made in non-virgin wool, in wool and acrylic blended yarn, acrylic or they retain the characteristics of an artisan product, being hand-knotted, such as the Taj Mahal in India and Serinegar, and many Chinese . They are less expensive than fleece wool and use less yarn. They are sometimes sold by rogue traders like precious silk rugs. They recognize the characteristic fabric that covers the back or the back of the carpet, fabric design that hides a not very readable.


Carpet mechanical or industrial
Other carpets are made entirely by machines and can be recognized from the back that shows only the weft and warp of a single hue. Use of all synthetic materials: polypropylene, polyamide and acrylic. They are less valuable artifacts, but are appreciated for the design and versatility, durability and easy maintenance. Normally originate from China, Turkey, Egypt and Belgium. There is now a machine capable of close nodes.
Tufted carpets. They are produced with the technique of employing taftatura is the hand of the worker and machines. The fleece is not shaved, but it has a texture like a clam. In this genre the back of the carpet is thinner, is covered with a layer of latex that covers the design and weave, and therefore not affected by the moisture. It can be wool or synthetic yarns. They come from China and Egypt. This includes carpets tufted by hand or mechanically with subjects of Walt Disney.

Shaggy Rugs
These products represent the latest generation of carpets. Inspired by the roaring '60s back in fashion, and can be recognized by the characteristic level long, of 10-15 cm. The fibers of the fleece may have different thicknesses and colors for the most garish and bright. They are found in wool, but especially polyester, polyamide, acrylic, nylon, viscose or polypropylene. The semi-combed yarns are resembling as consistency of the beautiful New Zealand wool (famous for centuries for its softness, for his warmth and strength), but from China. Do not fear the humidity and moths, and anti-combustion materials.

Today's Threads
Acrylic. Although artificial, has characteristics similar to wool and luster that makes it much appreciate its use. Very durable and easy to clean it easily combines with modern furniture and new.
Polypropylene, Nylon and Polyester. Surely they are the most commonly used fibers for carpets mechanical and industrial materials are very versatile, from the many colors. Their low price has made them popular in the production of modern carpet. They have a very easy maintenance, they are light, but can not withstand water wash, as they lose color.

The owner Javid Dr. Saeid