 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, handmade Turkish carpets
HISTORY Animal-figures carpet late 15th century exhibited at the Carpet Museum, Istanbul Private collectors, distinguished families and museums are proud owners of antique carpets. The richest collections of antique, knotted handmade carpets are found in the Istanbul Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, the Vakýf Carpet Museum in the Blue Mosque, and the Konya Mevlana Museum. The museums and collectors of Europe and the USA own some exquisite pieces, most of which have been exported from Turkey.... - http://tourarium.com/info/carpets/history.html 14/01/2005 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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William Blair LLC
Magical Carpets of Turkey by Katherine Blair Rug weaving has been a tradition in Anatolia (Turkey) since the 13th century. This is confirmed by well-preserved carpets and fragments dating from the Seljuk period. Oktay Aslana pa in his essays “Turkish Arts” has attempted to prove that the ancestors of the Seljuks were making carpets as long ago as the 3rd century and by the 13th century they were exporting large numbers of carpets to Egypt. Marco Polo wrote about the wonderful and be... - http://www.wmblairltd.com/resource_5.html 14/01/2005 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 Ottoman
Ottoman Carpets Carpet weaving is the traditional art of Turks and the development of the arts linked to the Turks since its inception, with early woven fragments discovered in Central Asia. The knotted rug appears to have spread from Central Asia westwards through Persia and Anatolia with growing Turkish empires. Floor rugs have been known since ancient times going back to Assyrians and Babylonians but these were not knotted rugs but woven fabrics. The knotted carpet does not appear in Islamic... - http://www.theottomans.org/english/art_culture/rugs.asp 29/12/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 Turkish Embassy.org - Republic of Turkey
>> >> >> Our Traditional Cultural Heritage: Anatolian Turkish Hand-Woven Carpets and Kilims Turkish knotted carpets and flat-weaves occupy a very important place in our cultural heritage as ethnographic documents relating to the Turkish inhabitants of Anatolia in each succeeding epoch, like all other such historical documents, carpets and kilims clearly reflect the values of the period in which they were made. It is thus essential that priority should be given to precautions t... - http://www.turkishembassy.org/artculture/anatoliancarpetsandkilims.htm 09/11/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 Turkish Embassy.org - Republic of Turkey
>> >> >> Turkish Carpets Carpets, whether knotted or flat woven (kilim) are among the best known art forms produced by the Turks from time immemorial.There are environmental, sociological, economic, and religious reasons for the widespread art of carpet weaving among the Turkish people from Central Asia to Turkey. The geographical regions where Turks have lived throughout thecenturies lie in the temperate zone. Temperature fluctuations between day and night, summer and winter ... - http://www.turkishembassy.org/artculture/turkishcarpets.htm 09/11/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 TURKHALI.org
www.turkhali.org Home About Us Alive Magazine Carpet Forum Contact Us Links ALIVE MAGAZINE main page ALIVE MAG January 2004 issue Back issues: Carpet Restoration Flatwoven Textile of Anatolia Kilims: A Cultural Heritage The Language of Motifs Antique carpets move to Stage Center THE TOWN OF THE FLYING CARPETS: Hereke Text and photographs: Akgun Akova Puffing its steam, the black train that has set out from Istanbul is approaching the small station. Those who are waiting for the guests from the ... - http://www.turkhali.org/alive/2004/2.asp 07/10/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 TURKHALI.org
www.turkhali.org Home About Us Alive Magazine Carpet Forum Contact Us Links ALIVE MAGAZINE main page ALIVE MAG January 2004 issue Back issues: Carpet Restoration Flatwoven Textile of Anatolia Kilims: A Cultural Heritage The Language of Motifs Antique carpets move to Stage Center Dösemealti Carpets... In the Dosemealti region, situated on the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Antalya, deep blue indicates hope and red symbolizes friendship. They are used in the carpets woven in conformity... - http://www.turkhali.org/alive/2004/5.asp 07/10/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 TURKHALI.org
www.turkhali.org Home About Us Alive Magazine Carpet Forum Contact Us Links ALIVE MAGAZINE main page ALIVE MAG January 2004 issue Back issues: Carpet Restoration Flatwoven Textile of Anatolia Kilims: A Cultural Heritage The Language of Motifs Antique carpets move to Stage Center FLAT-WOVEN TEXTILES OF ANATOLIA F or centuries, Anatolia, a crucible of creativity in weaving has acquired renown for its flat-woven textiles (the most characteristic types being kilim, cicim/djidjim. zili, and sumak). ... - http://www.turkhali.org/alive/pages/flatwoven.asp 07/10/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 TURKHALI.org
www.turkhali.org Home About Us Alive Magazine Carpet Forum Contact Us Links ALIVE MAGAZINE main page ALIVE MAG January 2004 issue Back issues: Carpet Restoration Flatwoven Textile of Anatolia Kilims: A Cultural Heritage The Language of Motifs Antique carpets move to Stage Center The Language of MOTIFS C arpets, as textile products, have different characteristics that identify their value. Patterns have always been used in Turkish hand-made carpets, and have fitted the specific nature of the mat... - http://www.turkhali.org/alive/pages/motifs.asp 07/10/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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 SENTEZ TOURISM Carpet Catalog
VARIOUS WELL-KNOWN ANATOLIAN RUGS There are four types of rugs produced in Turkey; they are classified according to the materials used. The categories include ANATOLIAN TURKISH RUGS At present, it is impossible to prove exactly when and where rug weaving began, as there is no reliable source, but it can be traced back as early the Neolithic age (7000 B.C.) The first examples consisting of warp and weft were textile products which resembled flat weave kilims. Then rugs were created by forming kn... - http://www.sentez.com.tr/carpetindex.shtml.htm 22/09/2004 - Category: Turkish - More from this publisher
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