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Carpet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2557 words) |
 | On a knotted pile carpet (formally, a supplementary weft cut-loop pile carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementary weft that rises from the surface of the weave at a perpendicular angle. |
| This form of carpeting, made as early as the 16th century, is constructed on a mechanized loom like velvet: the supplementary warps loop under the weft and are attached without forming a knot. |
| The importance of carpets in the culture of Turkmenistan is such that the national flag features a vertical red stripe near the hoist side, containing five carpet guls (designs used in producing rugs). |
| Carpet - definition of Carpet in Encyclopedia (2343 words) |
| Carpets were not commonly used as floor coverings in European interiors until the 18th century. |
| The earliest surviving corpus of Persian carpets was produced under the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century. |
| Perhaps the most well-known of the Tabriz works are the two carpets perhaps made for the shrine at Ardabil (today in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Los Angeles County Museum). |
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