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568 short facts on Indian carpet history, making, materials, motifs and care. Each one links to the source it paraphrases, so you can read further — and check our work.
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Under Akbar, royal carpet workshops called farrash-khanas were set up at centres including Fatehpur, Agra and Lahore.
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7 facts in Flat Weaving
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A soumak's weft-wrapped structure is generally considered more hard-wearing than a slit-tapestry kilim.
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Soumak is a flat-weave technique in which coloured wefts are wrapped over and back under the warps, producing a thicker cloth than kilim with a smooth face and loose ends on the back.
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Persian flat-weave structures range from simple plain weave with one set of warps and wefts to compound weaves that add extra sets of warps, wefts or both.
Iran
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Warangal durries are woven on pit looms and frame looms using weft-interlocking techniques, producing lightweight, reversible rugs.
Warangal, Telangana
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Multi-coloured dhurries are commonly woven in interlocking tapestry technique, where the wefts of neighbouring colour areas loop around each other so no slit forms.
India
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Multicoloured stripes are among the most popular dhurrie patterns, with designs often reflecting the weaving region.
India
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Shataranji is a flat-weaving tradition of the Rangpur region of Bangladesh, declared a Geographical Indication of Bangladesh in 2021.
Rangpur, Bangladesh · 2021