Carpets

A carpet frozen in a Siberian burial mound for two and a half thousand years came out of the ice with about 360,000 knots per square metre and a border of horsemen, which tells you the craft was already old when the oldest surviving example was made. What followed is one of the longest continuous design traditions there is: the Safavid workshops that produced the Ardabil, the Ottoman prayer rugs whose arches point to Mecca, the Turkmen tribes who carried their wealth on the loom, Mughal weavers working in pashmina, and the Chinese, Spanish and French court manufactories. European painters put them on tables rather than floors and gave whole rug families their names, so that a fifteenth-century Anatolian type is still called a Holbein. Then the power loom arrived, the market for handmade collapsed, and a synthetic dye discovered in 1856 changed what a carpet could look like. This is the object, the people who made it, and the long argument about what it is worth.

A chronological documentary of 455 moments spanning -500–2026 on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-08-22

Eras

  1. - The Pazyryk carpet, Hermitage Museum. The Pazyryk Carpet, the oldest surviving pile carpet in the world, excavated from a frozen Scythian-era kurgan (Barrow No. 5, Pazyryk) in 1949 and now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The single most important object in carpet history; its exact origin (Persian, Central Asian, or Armenian) remains debated.
  2. - Textile fragment from Loulan, Xinjiang. An ancient wool textile/carpet fragment from Loulan, Xinjiang, 3rd-4th century, excavated by archaeologist Aurel Stein and held at the British Museum.
  3. - Lop Carpet No. 1 from Sampul, Xinjiang. An ancient knotted-wool carpet fragment from Sampul, Lop, Xinjiang, 5th-6th century, believed to depict a scene from the story of Gilgamesh or possibly a Hellenistic-influenced figure, evidence of Silk Road carpet exchange between West and East Asia.
  4. - Two-faced Carpet Fragment, Iran?, 1100s. senna knot. Attributed to Iran?, Seljuq period (1037–1194).
  5. - Carpet with Animal Design, Anatolia (11th-13th century). A carpet with animal design from Turkey/Anatolia, dated 1100-1300, one of the earliest surviving Islamic-era carpets, at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.
  6. - Seljuk carpet fragment, Konya Ethnographical Museum. A Seljuk-period carpet fragment from the Esrefoglu Mosque in Beysehir, 13th century, at the Konya Ethnographical Museum, among the oldest surviving Anatolian carpets.
  7. - Confronted Animal Rug, Anatolia, 14th century. One of the earliest surviving Anatolian carpets, symmetrically knotted in wool with a confronted-animal design. Pre-Ottoman Anatolian rugs of this age survive in only a handful of examples worldwide.
  8. - Three Star 'Holbein' Carpet, Museum of Islamic Art Doha. A Three Star 'Holbein' carpet from Turkey, 1400-1450, at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, one of the earliest surviving examples of the carpet type later immortalized in Holbein's paintings.
  9. - The Chessboard (Ashtapada) Carpet. A silk-pile chessboard-patterned carpet from Timurid Central Asia or Sultanate-era India, one of the earliest surviving examples of a pictorially patterned carpet.
  10. - Rug, India, Late 15th/early 16th century. Wool and silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Spanish (single-warp) knots". India carpet/rug.
  11. - Carpet, Spain, About 1450, before 1473. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Spanish knots". Spain carpet/rug.
  12. - Spanish Carpet with a Turkish Pattern, Spain, c. 1450–1500. wool, knotted pile: Spanish knot. Attributed to Spain, Alcaraz?, Mudejar, 15th century.
  13. - Carpet, Spain, 1450-1500. Wool, "Spanish knots" on plain weave ground. Spain carpet/rug.
  14. - Mamluk carpet, Rijksmuseum. A Mamluk carpet from Cairo, circa 1450-1500, with a red field and octagonal medallions, at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
  15. - Carpet Fragment, Egypt, Mamluk period (1250–1517), late 15th/early 16th century. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots". Egypt carpet/rug.
  16. - Carlo Crivelli, Annunciation with Saint Emidius (carpet detail). Detail of a Caucasian (Kazakh-type) carpet depicted at the Virgin's feet in Carlo Crivelli's 1486 Annunciation with Saint Emidius, an early European painted record of an Oriental carpet.
  17. - Prayer carpet with niche design, Konya, circa 1490. A prayer carpet with a niche (mihrab) design from Konya, circa 1490, at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum.
  18. - Fragment of a Carpet Border, India, 1500s. velvet (pile weave) with silk and metal thread. Attributed to India, 16th century.
  19. - Carpet, Iran, 1500s. senna knot: wool and cotton. Attributed to Iran, Herat, 16th century.
  20. - Fragment of a Carpet, Turkey, 16th century (?). senna knot: wool and silk. Attributed to Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, 16th century (?).
  21. - Fragment of a Carpet, India? Iran? Herat?, 16th century (?). silk. Attributed to India? Iran? Herat?, 16th century (?).
  22. - Small Pattern Holbein Carpet, Berlin. A Small Pattern Holbein Carpet from Ushak, Anatolia, the carpet type named for its repeated appearance in Hans Holbein's portraits, held at the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin.
  23. - The Chelsea Carpet
  24. - Mantes Carpet, Louvre (detail). Detail of the Mantes Carpet, a 16th-century Safavid Persian medallion carpet named for the French cathedral town where it was reputedly kept, held at the Louvre.
  25. - Bird-figured Ushak carpet, Mevlana lodge, Konya. A bird-figured Ushak carpet from the Mevlana lodge (the shrine of the Sufi mystic Rumi) in Konya, 16th century.
  26. - The Vienna Hunting Carpet (Coronation Hunting Carpet), MAK. THE VIENNA HUNTING CARPET (also called the Coronation Hunting Carpet, historically used at Habsburg coronations), a monumental Safavid silk-and-metal-thread carpet from the court of Shah Tahmasp I, probably woven in Kashan, first half of the 16th century, held at the MAK in Vienna.
  27. - The Silk Mamluk Carpet, MAK Vienna. The only surviving Mamluk silk carpet in the world, woven in a Cairo court workshop, early 16th century, held at the MAK, Vienna.
  28. - The Baillet-Latour Mamluk Carpet, Cairo. The Baillet-Latour Mamluk Carpet, produced in Cairo during the Burji Mamluk period, early 16th century.
  29. - Carpet, Egypt, Early 16th century, Mamluk period (1250–1517). Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots". Egypt carpet/rug.
  30. - The Merchant Georg Gisze, by Hans Holbein the Younger. One of Holbein's most famous portraits; the museum's own catalog text explicitly describes 'a magnificent Anatolian carpet' covering the merchant's table in the foreground, a canonical example of the imported-carpet-as-status-symbol motif in Northern Renaissance portraiture.
  31. - The Ardabil Carpet (V&A, London). THE V&A ARDABIL CARPET, London. There are two carpets from the same Safavid commission, both dated AH 946/1539-40 and signed Maqsud of Kashan: this one (V&A) and a second at LACMA, Los Angeles. The V&A carpet is a COMPOSITE, before its 1893 sale/display it was repaired using pile and border material stripped from the second (LACMA) carpet, which is why the LACMA carpet today has no border. 'The Ardabil Carpet is at the V&A' undersells that it's really one carpet assembled from two.
  32. - Ardabil Carpet, full view (V&A). Alternate full-carpet photograph of the V&A's Ardabil Carpet (the composite carpet assembled from two Safavid originals, see companion entry for the LACMA/border detail).
  33. - The Ardabil Carpet, Victoria and Albert Museum. THE V&A ARDABIL CARPET on display in Room 42 (Jameel Gallery), London. Note: the V&A carpet is a composite, repaired before 1893 with pile/border material taken from the sister carpet now at LACMA, Los Angeles, the LACMA carpet has no border as a result. Not to be confused with that second, borderless Ardabil Carpet.
  34. - The Ardabil Carpet (LACMA, Los Angeles - the borderless sister carpet). THE SECOND, LACMA ARDABIL CARPET, Los Angeles, not London. Made as part of the same pair as the V&A's Ardabil Carpet, both dated AH 946/1539-40 and signed Maqsud of Kashan. This carpet is missing its border because that material was stripped from it before 1893 to repair the sister carpet now at the V&A, this is the donor carpet, not the famous 'complete' one usually pictured.
  35. - Hunting Carpet by Ghyath ud-Din Jami, Museo Poldi Pezzoli. A Safavid Persian Hunting Carpet signed by the weaver Ghyath ud-Din Jami, wool/cotton/silk, 1542-43, probably Tabriz, held at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, one of the very few carpets of this era to carry a weaver's signature.
  36. - Silk Kashan Carpet, Safavid Persia, 16th century. A silk Safavid carpet from Kashan, Iran, woven with metal-wrapped thread in an asymmetrically knotted pile. Kashan was a leading center of luxury silk carpet production under Safavid patronage.
  37. - The Emperor's Carpet
  38. - Animal Combat Carpet, Safavid Iran. A mid-16th-century Safavid Persian 'animal combat' carpet with Chinese-influenced cloud bands, held at the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) in Vienna, home to the related Vienna hunting carpet tradition.
  39. - The Sanguszko Carpet, Kerman. The Sanguszko Carpet, a celebrated Safavid Persian carpet of the Kerman 'vase technique' group, named for a Polish princely family that once owned an example of the type; this one is at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris.
  40. - Rothschild Polish (Isfahan) Carpet, Berlin. The Rothschild 'Polish' Carpet, a silk-and-metal-thread Safavid carpet from Isfahan (the 'Polonaise' type misattributed to Poland by 19th-century European collectors), Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin.
  41. - Carpet with Wreath Design, Spain, Late 16th century. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Spanish knots". Spain carpet/rug.
  42. - Portion of a Carpet, Turkey, 1575‒1625. Silk, wool, and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots. Turkey carpet/rug.
  43. - Ushak Medallion Carpet, Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. A large late-16th-century Ushak medallion carpet, 485 x 298 cm, at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (TIEM), Istanbul.
  44. - Ottoman Court Carpet, late 16th century. An Ottoman court carpet, produced in either Cairo or Turkey in the imperial workshop tradition, late 16th century.
  45. - The Seley Carpet
  46. - Early Tekke Turkmen main carpet (hali). An early Tekke Turkmen main carpet (hali) with five rows of ten Tekke guls, an exceptionally early example of Turkmen weaving.
  47. - Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration, India, early 1600s. Pashmina (wool): asymmetrical knot. Attributed to India, Kashmir.
  48. - Fragments of a Carpet, India, 1600–1650 (1 of 3). silk and wool. Made by Imperial Manufactory (Indian). Attributed to India.
  49. - Table Carpet, Germany, 1600/10. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool, silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in cross, half cross, plaited and tent stitches. Germany carpet/rug.
  50. - Fragments of a Carpet, India, 1600–1650 (2 of 3). silk and wool. Made by Imperial Manufactory (Indian). Attributed to India.
  51. - Fragments of a Carpet, India, 1600–1650 (3 of 3). silk and wool. Made by Imperial Manufactory (Indian). Attributed to India.
  52. - Embroidered Swiss table carpet with biblical medallion scenes. A Swiss embroidered linen-and-wool table carpet (Tischteppich) from around 1600, with a central medallion of biblical scenes (Herod's feast, the beheading of John the Baptist) framed by a twelve-months border, a European domestic table-carpet tradition running parallel to the imported Oriental examples.
  53. - Classical Turkish Carpet with the Lotto Pattern, Turkey, 1600–1650. wool: symmetrical rug knot. Attributed to Turkey, Ushak, Ottoman period.
  54. - 'Holbein' carpet type. A so-called 'Holbein' carpet, an Anatolian pattern type named for its frequent appearance in Hans Holbein the Younger's portraits, held by the Romanian Academy.
  55. - Classical Turkish (Ushak) Carpet with the Lotto Pattern. A 'Lotto carpet', an Ushak-woven Ottoman Turkish carpet type named after the Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto, who repeatedly depicted this yellow-and-red arabesque pattern in his portraits.
  56. - Pictorial Carpet, Persia, 17th century. A 17th-century Persian pictorial carpet woven in silk with metal-wrapped thread and brocading, depicting narrative or garden scenes rather than pure geometric/medallion design.
  57. - Carpet Fragment, Persia, 17th-18th century. A surviving fragment of a larger Persian carpet, woven with wool pile on a cotton and silk foundation. Fragments like this preserve design and technique evidence for carpets otherwise lost to wear.
  58. - Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread, Iran, 1600–1625. Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded. Attributed to Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722).
  59. - Carpet, Iran, 17th century. senna knot: wool and cotton. Attributed to Iran, Kerman, 17th century (probably).
  60. - Portion of a Carpet, Iran, 1600s. knotted pile: jufti knot; wool and cotton. Attributed to Iran, Northwestern, 17th century.
  61. - Carpet, so-called "Polonaise", Iran, 17th century. senna knot: silk, silver and gold filé brocading. Attributed to Iran, 17th century.
  62. - A Kirman 'vase technique' carpet, 17th century. A 'vase technique' carpet from Kirman, southeast Persia, an important carpet-weaving center known for this distinctive weave structure; sold at record auction price.
  63. - Safavid silk gelim with the coat-of-arms of Sigismund III Vasa. A Safavid silk gelim (kilim) from Kashan bearing the coat-of-arms of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa, illustrating diplomatic carpet gifts between Safavid Persia and European royalty.
  64. - Persian Garden Carpet, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. A large Persian 'garden carpet' with a formal quartered-garden design, 17th century, at the Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur, India.
  65. - Safavid silk-and-metal-thread Polonaise carpet. A Safavid silk-and-metal-thread 'Polonaise' carpet, probably woven in Isfahan, early 17th century, the luxury type historically misattributed to Poland by 19th-century European collectors.
  66. - Carpet (Ushak double-ended prayer rug), Romania, 17th century. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes (Turkish) knots". Romania carpet/rug.
  67. - Altar Carpet, Portugal, 17th century. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool in long-armed cross stitches. Portugal carpet/rug.
  68. - Carpet, Turkey, 1601‒25. Wool warp and pile, symmetrical knots. Turkey carpet/rug.
  69. - Carpet, Turkey, 17th‒18th century. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots. Turkey carpet/rug.
  70. - Carpet, Persia, Early 17th century. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots". Persia carpet/rug.
  71. - Carpet, Persia, 1601-25. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots. Persia carpet/rug.
  72. - Carpet, Iran, 1601-25. Cotton, silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile ghrough a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots;" edged with silk, cotton, and gil-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven and card woven fringe. Iran carpet/rug.
  73. - Carpet, India, Mid - 17th century. Cotton and wool, pain weave variation (supplementary wrapping wefts are enclosed between elements of paired ground wefts; intervening ground wefts are single) with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"; main warp fringe. India carpet/rug.
  74. - The Fremlin Carpet, Mughal India. The Fremlin Carpet, a Mughal Indian carpet with a hunting and floral design, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
  75. - Carpet, Northern France, 1650/1700. Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; edged with silk and linen plain weave extended weft cut fringe. Northern France carpet/rug.
  76. - Table Carpet with Garlands of Flowers and Rinceaux, Flanders, 1650/75. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave. Flanders carpet/rug.
  77. - Ushak carpet, Ottoman Empire, Textile Museum. An Ottoman-era Ushak wool carpet at the Textile Museum, George Washington University.
  78. - Silk Animal Carpet, Safavid Persia, 17th century. A Safavid-era silk carpet depicting confronted animals, woven with an asymmetrically knotted pile - a hallmark of Persian animal-carpet iconography combining courtly hunting and mythic beast imagery.
  79. - View of the Savonnerie carpet manufactory site, Paris. A 1655 engraving by Israël Silvestre showing the site on the Seine at Chaillot where the royal Savonnerie carpet manufactory operated, the earliest visual record in this set of the building where France's most famous knotted-pile carpets were made.
  80. - Las Hilanderas (The Tapestry Weavers), by Velázquez. Velázquez's celebrated depiction of the royal tapestry works of Santa Isabel in Madrid, showing spinners, a spinning wheel and a loom with a finished woven hanging in the background, the classic Old Master depiction of the weaving trade itself.
  81. - Trompe l'oeil with Turkish carpet and porcelain jar. Danish still-life painting depicting a Turkish (Anatolian) carpet draped over a wooden table with a blue porcelain jar and shells, the classic 17th-century Northern European 'Oriental table carpet' motif.
  82. - Trompe l'oeil letter rack with carpet-draped shelf. Gijsbrechts trompe l'oeil letter-board composition; the shelf below is covered with a knotted carpet fragment, typical of the genre's material staging.
  83. - Trompe l'oeil with trumpet, celestial globe and carpet. Gijsbrechts trompe l'oeil for the Danish royal court showing an Oriental carpet alongside a trumpet and celestial globe, part of a documented series depicting imported Ottoman/Persian carpets as luxury props.
  84. - Trompe l'oeil still life with Oriental carpet and silverware. Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts trompe l'oeil with an Oriental carpet as tablecloth beneath silver vessels, a signature Flemish/Danish court-painter treatment of the imported carpet motif.
  85. - Carpet, Lahore, Late 17th century, Mughal Empire (1526-1799). Cotton and wool, plain weave variation with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots. Lahore carpet/rug.
  86. - Carpet, India, 1675/1700. Cotton, wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna (Persian) knots;" pieced. India carpet/rug.
  87. - Carpet, France, 1675/1700. Linen and wool, plain weave with groups of three supplementary pile warps forming "three-color velvet;"lined with cotton, twill weave; pieced. France carpet/rug.
  88. - Carpet, Morocco, 1675-1725. Wool and silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" ("Sehna") knots; edged with cotton, and wool weft-faced warp-ribbed plain weave. Morocco carpet/rug.
  89. - Indo-Persian carpet with medallions, Mughal India. A Mughal-era Indo-Persian carpet with a red-ground medallion design, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  90. - Portrait of a VOC Merchant with an Indian Carpet, by Caspar Netscher. A Dutch Golden Age portrait by Caspar Netscher (a ter Borch pupil) of a Dutch East India Company (VOC) merchant; the museum's own catalog text states explicitly that 'a heavy Indian carpet lies on the table' beside his Japanese silk robe, direct textual confirmation of the carpet motif.
  91. - Medallion runner carpet, 1700. A runner-format carpet ('Medaillonkleed in loperformaat') with seven medallions of hook motifs, rosettes, tulips and flowering vines, precisely dated to 1700.
  92. - Konya carpet with Memling gul design, 18th century. An 18th-century Konya-region Anatolian carpet bearing the octagonal 'Memling gul' motif, named for its repeated appearance in the paintings of Hans Memling.
  93. - Carpet, Caucasus, 18th century. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish (Ghiordes) knots". Caucasus carpet/rug.
  94. - Carpet, Spain, 18th century (3 of 3). Wool and linen, plain weave with supplementary warps forming cut pile; ten strips joined. Spain carpet/rug.
  95. - Needlework Rug, England, 18th century. Wool, canvas, linen. England carpet/rug.
  96. - Carpet (Known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"), Finland, 1701/25. Wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots". Finland carpet/rug.
  97. - Carpet, Spain, 18th century (1 of 3). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts forming uncut pile; selvage edge of plain weave terminating in weft fringe. Spain carpet/rug.
  98. - Carpet, Portugal, 18th century. Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and hemp chenille yarn couched with hemp; cut to form pile. Portugal carpet/rug.
  99. - Carpet, Spain, 18th century (2 of 3). Wool and cotton, plain weave; with brocaded areas of supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" and embroidered filling of contiguous rows of stem stitches, countered in direction in alternate pairs of rows; embroidered outline stitches around pile areas. Spain carpet/rug.
  100. - Kilim with Bands of "Star" Motifs, Turkey, 1st quarter of the 18th century. Wool, slit-tapestry weave. Turkey carpet/rug.
  101. - Savonnerie carpet ordered for the Versailles throne dais. Design for a Savonnerie carpet commissioned for the throne dais at the Château de Versailles, by court ornamentalist Pierre-Josse Perrot.
  102. - Incomplete Carpet, China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1730s. Silk, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts, and with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet; edged with silk, weft-float faced 1:7 satin weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; four panels joined. China carpet/rug.
  103. - Swedish rya, Östuna, 1733. A Swedish double-knotted decorative rya from Östuna, dated 1733, an early dated example of the Scandinavian pile-rug tradition.
  104. - Louis XV Savonnerie Carpet with Royal Arms, France, c. 1740–50. Savonnerie knotted pile (symmetrical ruf knot), wool, hemp. Made by Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627). Attributed to France, 18th century.
  105. - Design drawing for a large Savonnerie carpet. An 18th-century design drawing for a large Savonnerie carpet, possibly intended for the Grande Galerie of the Louvre, direct evidence of the manufactory's design process for royal commissions.
  106. - Swedish rya rug (1755). A mid-18th-century Swedish rya rug, among the earliest dated examples in this set of the Nordic long-pile weaving tradition.
  107. - Carpet, China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th/early 19th century. Cotton and wool, plain weave variation with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots; main warp fringe. China carpet/rug.
  108. - Ushak Carpet, Turkey, 1775‒1825. Blue, red-brown and white. Turkey carpet/rug.
  109. - Carpet, Turkey, 1775‒1800. Wool, plain weave (with variations) with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots. Turkey carpet/rug.
  110. - Kilim, Central Anatolia, 18th century. Detail of a flat-woven Central Anatolian kilim, late 18th century, at the Textile Museum, George Washington University.
  111. - Rug, United States, 1775-1825. Wool, plain weave embroidered with wool yarn in outline, running, satin and stem stitches forming uncut pile. United States carpet/rug.
  112. - Swedish rya rug (1776). An 18th-century Swedish rya rug, illustrating the older, thicker-piled functional form of the tradition before its 20th-century decorative revival.
  113. - Bed Rug, United States, c. 1799. Plain weave wool, wool embroidery. Attributed to United States.
  114. - Double-Ended Bellini-Design Kazak Carpet, dated 1797. A Caucasian Kazak rug with a double-ended medallion design tracing to Gentile Bellini's 15th-century paintings of Anatolian carpets, dated by inscription to 1212 AH (1797 CE) - a rare precisely-dated tribal Caucasian weaving.
  115. - American Bed Rug, 1796. An American hand-embroidered wool bed rug, a New England folk tradition of tufted/embroidered wool floor and bed coverings distinct from woven Old World carpets. Dated and signed examples like this one are prized for their bold floral medallion design.
  116. - Bed Rug, Connecticut, 1796. Wool, plain weave; with cut pile formed by wool yarns embroidered in looped running stitches. Connecticut carpet/rug.
  117. - Carpet known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya", Finland, 1798. Wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping weft forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots". Finland carpet/rug.
  118. - Carpet, 1800–1850. Undyed wool: ground warp; dark brown wool: ground weft; dyed wool (polychrome): Ghiordes knotted pile.
  119. - Prayer Rug, Caucasus, c. 1800s. wool and linen; ghiordes knot, extended tabby, fringe. Attributed to Caucasus, Daghestan, 19th century.
  120. - Carpet, Dagestan, 19th-20th century. Ghiordez knot; wool and cotton. Attributed to Dagestan, 19th-20th century.
  121. - "Germantown Eye-Dazzler" Rug, New Mexico, c. 1800/90. Cotton and wool dovetailed tapestry weave. New Mexico carpet/rug.
  122. - Turkmen tent bag (tentzak). A Turkmen 'tentzak', a flat-woven or pile tent storage bag, a distinct tribal weaving form related to but not identical with floor carpets, made by Central Asian nomadic weavers.
  123. - Qashqai kilim, 19th century. A Qashqai tribal kilim from southwest Persia, 19th century, with a banded geometric design.
  124. - Rabat Carpet, 19th century. A Rabat carpet, wool on wool foundation with symmetrical knot, 19th century, the distinctive urban Moroccan carpet tradition of Rabat, at the Brooklyn Museum.
  125. - Kilim with Six Double-Niches, Turkey, early 19th century. Wool, slit tapestry weave. Turkey carpet/rug.
  126. - Ushak carpet. An Ushak carpet, one of the best-known classical Anatolian weaving-center types, with a rosette-medallion border, held by the Romanian Academy.
  127. - Prayer carpet, Hacibektas, Turkey. A 19th-century wool prayer rug from Hacibektas, Turkey, with the characteristic arched mihrab design used for Islamic prayer.
  128. - Hereke silk carpet, Istanbul Carpet Museum. A 19th-century Hereke carpet at the Istanbul Carpet Museum, Hereke, Turkey, became the Ottoman court's premier silk-carpet weaving town from the mid-19th century.
  129. - Carpet decorated with palmettes and shells. An early-19th-century European carpet ('Karpet') decorated with a palmette-and-shell pattern.
  130. - Norwegian rye rug, 1800. A Norwegian rye rug with an explicit production year, part of the Nordic long-pile weaving tradition parallel to Swedish rya.
  131. - Carpet, Iran, 1800s - 1960. Wool and cotton: Ghiordez knot. Attributed to Iran, Shirvan.
  132. - Carpet, Iran, 1800s - 1960. Wool: Ghiordez knot. Attributed to Iran, Shirvan.
  133. - Summer Carpet, India or Persia, 19th century?. brocaded satin. Attributed to India or Persia, 19th century?.
  134. - Senneh carpet, Kurdish/Persian type. A Senneh (Sanandaj) carpet, a fine Kurdish-Persian weaving type known for its dense knot count, with a tri-band zigzag and diamond border.
  135. - Turkmen Bag Face, Turkmenistan, 1800s. Wool, silk, cotton; 252 symmetrical rug knots per square inch. Attributed to Turkmenistan, Saryk tribe of the Turkmen people (1850-1899), 19th century.
  136. - Blanket or Rug, Navajo, Late 19th century. Wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges; (remnants of) corner knotted tassel. Navajo carpet/rug.
  137. - Prayer Carpet, India, 19th century. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots". India carpet/rug.
  138. - Carpet, India, 1801/50. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots". India carpet/rug.
  139. - Rug, United States, 19th century (1 of 9). Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarn, felted, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, plain weave. United States carpet/rug.
  140. - Rug, United States, 19th century (3 of 9). Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarn and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with wool, twill weave. United States carpet/rug.
  141. - Rug, United States, 19th century (2 of 9). Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarns, felted, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton and wool, oblique interlacing. United States carpet/rug.
  142. - Rug, United States, 19th century (6 of 9). Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarn, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged in wool, oblique interlacing. United States carpet/rug.
  143. - Rug, United States, 19th century (4 of 9). Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarn, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton and wool, twill weave. United States carpet/rug.
  144. - Rug, United States, 19th century (5 of 9). Jute, plain weave with wool yarn, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile. United States carpet/rug.
  145. - Rug, United States, 19th century (7 of 9). Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile. United States carpet/rug.
  146. - Rug, United States, 19th century (9 of 9). Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile. United States carpet/rug.
  147. - Rug, United States, 19th century (8 of 9). Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile. United States carpet/rug.
  148. - Swedish rya rug. A Swedish rya rug (rya-teppe) with an explicit production year, the Nordic long-pile weaving tradition distinct from Persian/Anatolian knotted carpets, originally functional bedding/boat covers that became a decorative floor-rug form.
  149. - Marasali Shirvan prayer rug, dated 1809. A Marasali-type Shirvan prayer rug from the Caucasus, precisely dated by inscription to 1809, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  150. - Swedish rya rug (1812). A Swedish rya rug with an explicit production year, held by a Swedish regional museum.
  151. - The Nathanson Family, with Oriental floor carpet. C.W. Eckersberg's Golden Age group portrait; the family stands on a patterned floor carpet, an early-19th-century Danish domestic-interior use rather than the earlier tablecloth convention.
  152. - Bella and Hanna Nathanson, floor carpet detail. Eckersberg portrait of two sisters seated on a floor carpet, another Danish Golden Age domestic-interior carpet depiction.
  153. - Carpet (For a Buddhist Temple Column), China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid - 19th century. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as left-handed Sehna or Persian knot. China carpet/rug.
  154. - Carpet fragment, unidentified weave. A surviving carpet fragment ('Fragment van een tapijt') documented in or before 1826.
  155. - The Waagepetersen Family, interior with carpet. Wilhelm Bendz Golden Age domestic interior with a patterned floor carpet underfoot, documenting bourgeois Copenhagen furnishing taste.
  156. - Embroidered Carpet, American, 1832-35. A large American wool carpet embroidered in chain-stitch, 156 x 147 inches, made as a domestic floor covering in the early 19th century needlework tradition.
  157. - Turkmen Ersari carpet. A 19th-century Turkmen Ersari-tribe carpet with rows of Tauk-Nuska guls.
  158. - Swedish rya rug (1835). A Swedish rya rug with an explicit production year, part of the Nordic long-pile weaving tradition.
  159. - Turkmen Main Carpet, Turkmenistan, mid-1850s. Wool, knotted pile, 128-136 symmetrical knots per square inch. Attributed to Turkmenistan, Yomud tribe, 19th century.
  160. - Prayer Rug, Caucasus, 1850-1900. Wool; plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots. Caucasus carpet/rug.
  161. - Fachralo Kazak rug, Caucasus. A Fachralo Kazak rug from the southwest Caucasus with a six-pointed star medallion, third quarter of the 19th century.
  162. - Kuba or Daghestan sumakh. A flat-woven sumakh textile from the Kuba or Daghestan region of the Caucasus, mid-19th century, with Lesghi-star motifs.
  163. - Shirvan kilim, Caucasus, 19th century. A Shirvan kilim from the Caucasus, second half of the 19th century, with geometric patterning.
  164. - Carpet, Morocco, 1850/1900. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots". Morocco carpet/rug.
  165. - Prayer Carpet, Turkey, 1850‒1900. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes (Turkish) knots;". Turkey carpet/rug.
  166. - Turkish prayer rug. A double-knotted Ottoman/Anatolian prayer rug (covor de rugăciune) with a red-blue-brown-white four-panel field, held by the Carol I Museum of Brăila, Romania.
  167. - Ferahan Sarouk carpet, circa 1850. A Ferahan Sarouk carpet, circa 1850, from the Ferahan district of central Persia, an important weaving region for export-quality carpets.
  168. - Rug, England, 1850. A carpet/rug from England.
  169. - American hooked rug by Edward Sands Frost. An American hooked rug probably by Edward Sands Frost, mid-to-late 19th century, a pioneer of stencil-pattern rug hooking in New England.
  170. - Interior of a Man's Living Room, with Persian carpet. A 19th-century watercolor interior rendering by Russian artist S. Tolstoi, part of a Persian-carpet-themed search result, documenting how period designers depicted Oriental carpets furnishing a domestic interior.
  171. - Rug, United States, 1860-1935. Jute, plain weave with cotton and wool yarn, felted, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill weave. United States carpet/rug.
  172. - Rug, United States, 1860-1915. Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarn, knotted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill and plain weaves. United States carpet/rug.
  173. - Rug, United States, After 1861. Linen, plain weave with cotton and wool strips of plain and twill weaves forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill weave tape. United States carpet/rug.
  174. - Carpet (Sileh), Caucasus, 1864. Cotton and wool, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wrapping wefts (soumak); square braided main warp fringe. Caucasus carpet/rug.
  175. - The Pearl Carpet of Baroda. 1865 by the Maharaja of Baroda.
  176. - Carpet, Persia, About 1875. Silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"; knotted warp fringe. Persia carpet/rug.
  177. - Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Carpet Merchant of Cairo. Jean-Léon Gérôme's Orientalist painting The Carpet Merchant of Cairo, depicting a rooftop carpet market scene, 1869, Brooklyn Museum.
  178. - Ningxia carpet, Northern China. A late-Qing dynasty Ningxia carpet from Northern China, representing the distinct Chinese carpet-weaving tradition.
  179. - Turkmen Main Carpet, Turkmenistan or Afghanistan, 1870s. Wool, silk; 171 symmetrical (Turkish) knots per square inch. Attributed to Turkmenistan or Afghanistan, Saryk tribe, 19th century.
  180. - Sewan Kazak Rug, Caucasus, c. 1875. Wool pile on wool foundation. Caucasus carpet/rug.
  181. - Zeikhur rug, northeast Caucasus. A Zeikhur rug from the northeast Caucasus (Kuba region), circa 1870, a small-format regional rug type.
  182. - A pictorial Kirman carpet, southeast Persia. A pictorial Kirman carpet from southeast Persia depicting the narrative of Khosrow and Shirin, circa 1870.
  183. - Photograph of carpet weavers, Karachi Jail, 1873. Early documentary photograph of carpet weavers at work in Karachi Jail, British India, showing prison-labor carpet production.
  184. - Carpet, India, Late 19th century. Cotton, plain weave with wool supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots". India carpet/rug.
  185. - Shirvan Kilim, Caucasus, Last quarter 19th century. wool, plain and slit tapestry weaves; weft wrapping; cut warp fringe. Caucasus carpet/rug.
  186. - Rug, Caucasus, 1875/1900. A carpet/rug from Caucasus.
  187. - Carpet, Caucasus, 1875/1900. Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots". Caucasus carpet/rug.
  188. - Luristan rug, Persia. A tribal rug from Luristan, western Persia, circa 1875, from the James Opie Collection.
  189. - Rug, Turkey, 1875‒1900. Tapestry-woven kilims. Turkey carpet/rug.
  190. - Prayer Rug, Turkey, 1875‒1900. In deep red ground. Turkey carpet/rug.
  191. - Carpet, Morocco, 1875–1900. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots. Morocco carpet/rug.
  192. - Carpet, Turkey, 1875‒1900. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"; warp fringe. Turkey carpet/rug.
  193. - Prayer Carpet, Turkey, 1875‒1900. Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots". Turkey carpet/rug.
  194. - Prayer Carpet, Turkey, 1875‒1900. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a techniques known as "Ghiordes (Turkish) knots". Turkey carpet/rug.
  195. - Carpet, Morocco, 1875–1900. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots. Morocco carpet/rug.
  196. - Rug, Iran, 1875-1900. Cotton and wool, slit tapestry weave; main warp fringe. Iran carpet/rug.
  197. - Carpet, Persia, 1875-1900 (2 of 4). Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots". Persia carpet/rug.
  198. - Carpet, Persia, 1875-1900 (1 of 4). Cotton and wool, plain weave variation with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots". Persia carpet/rug.
  199. - Carpet, Persia, 1875-1900 (3 of 4). Cotton and wool, slit tapestry weave. Persia carpet/rug.
  200. - Carpet, Persia, 1875-1900 (4 of 4). Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots". Persia carpet/rug.
  201. - Prayer Carpet (Sarouk Style), Persia, 1875-1900. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots". Persia carpet/rug.
  202. - Antique Serapi carpet, Heriz region. An antique Serapi carpet from the Heriz region of northwest Persia, circa 1875, a robust large-format weaving tradition distinct from the finer city carpets.
  203. - Rug, United States, about 1885. Variety of fibers, plain weave, with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile. United States carpet/rug.
  204. - "Lily" Carpet, England, Design by 1877, made 1877–1940. Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment. England carpet/rug.
  205. - Interior of Hall Place, Kent, with patterned carpet. A Victorian watercolor interior rendering of Hall Place, Kent by Henry Robert Robertson, documenting a patterned carpet as part of an English country-house interior scheme.
  206. - Office of the Ziegler carpet manufactory, Sultanabad. The office (Kontor) of the Ziegler carpet manufactory in Sultanabad (present-day Arak), Persia, a Manchester-owned firm that industrialized Persian carpet export production in the late 19th century. Photographed by Antoin Sevruguin.
  207. - Edwin Lord Weeks, Moroccan Market, Rabat. Orientalist painting by Edwin Lord Weeks depicting an open-air market scene in Rabat, Morocco, with carpets on display, 1880.
  208. - Viktor Vasnetsov, The Flying Carpet. Viktor Vasnetsov's 1880 painting The Flying Carpet, depicting Ivan Tsarevich astride an enchanted carpet from Russian folklore, the archetypal 'flying carpet' image in Russian art.
  209. - Diamond Network Style Rug, America, c. 1890–1900. tapestry weave: wool (handspun). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Transitional Period.
  210. - Rug Banded with "diamond stripes", America, c. 1890–1900. tapestry weave: wool (handspun). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Transitional Period.
  211. - Banded Rug, America, c. 1890–1900. tapestry weave: cotton and wool: (handspun and Germantown). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Transitional Period.
  212. - Eyedazzler Style Rug, America, c. 1890–1900. tapestry weave: wool (handspun). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Transitional Period.
  213. - Rug or Saddle Blanket, America, c. 1890–1910. Cotton and wool (handspun): tapestry weave. Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo.
  214. - Rug (Third-phase Chief Blanket Style, Germantown Weaving), America, c. 1890–1910. tapestry weave: cotton and wool (Germantown). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Early Period.
  215. - Chi-Chi rug, Caucasus. A Chi-Chi rug from the Caucasus, circa 1880, with wool pile on wool warp and cotton weft.
  216. - Carpet (Kilim), Turkey, late 19th-early 20th century. tapestry weave: wool and cotton. Attributed to Turkey, Anatolia.
  217. - Prayer Carpet, Turkey, About 1890. Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish" (Ghiordes) knots. Turkey carpet/rug.
  218. - Carpet, United States, 1880/90. Wool, plain weave; double cloth. United States carpet/rug.
  219. - The Holland Park Carpet, designed by William Morris
  220. - American hooked rug by Elenore Blackstone. An American hooked rug by Elenore Blackstone, circa 1880-90, representing the distinct North American folk-art rug-hooking tradition (as opposed to knotted pile weaving).
  221. - Giuseppe Haimann, Carpet Merchants. Orientalist oil painting by Giuseppe Haimann depicting carpet merchants, 1883.
  222. - "Swan House" Carpet, Design c. 1883, made 1887. Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming "Ghiordes knots" cut pile. carpet/rug.
  223. - Carpet Fragment, Iran, late 1800s - early 1900s. Silk: knotted pile. Attributed to Iran, Rayy.
  224. - Prayer Carpet, Persia, About 1894. Silk and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots. Persia carpet/rug.
  225. - Rug, America, c. 1890–1900. tapestry weave: wool (handspun). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Transitional Period.
  226. - Banded Eyedazzler Style Rug, America, ca. 1890–1900. tapestry weave: wool (handspun). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Transitional Period.
  227. - Khamseh Carpet, Iran, c. 1890. Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Turkish (Ghiordes) knots". Iran carpet/rug.
  228. - Turkish Street Scene (carpet merchants), by Osman Hamdi Bey. A painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, the most celebrated Ottoman painter and founder of Turkish archaeology, depicting two merchants offering carpets for sale to a European tourist family in front of a historic fountain in Constantinople, a canonical Orientalist depiction of the carpet trade, painted by a Turkish rather than a European artist.
  229. - Charles Wilda, The Carpet Merchants. Orientalist oil painting by Austrian painter Charles Wilda depicting carpet merchants, 1889.
  230. - Detail of the Bullerswood Carpet, William Morris and John Henry Dearle. Detail of the Bullerswood Carpet, designed by William Morris and John Henry Dearle, 1889, a celebrated example of Arts and Crafts carpet design.
  231. - Emil Alpiger at the Ziegler carpet company office, Sultanabad. Emil Alpiger, manager at the Ziegler carpet company's Sultanabad branch, Persia, 1890, European mercantile involvement in the industrialized export carpet trade. Photographed by Antoin Sevruguin.
  232. - Girls weaving a large carpet, Persia. Girls weaving a large carpet on a vertical loom in Qajar-era Persia, photographed by pioneering Iranian court photographer Antoin Sevruguin.
  233. - Fourth-Phase Chief Blanket Style Rug, Native North America, c. 1900. tapestry weave: wool (handspun, Germantown, and bayeta). Attributed to Native North America, Southwest, Diné (Navajo).
  234. - Hubbell Revival-Style Rug with Moki (Moqui) Stripes, America, c. 1890–1910. Wool (Germantown): tapestry weave. Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo (Dine), female artist.
  235. - Rug (banded pound blanket style), America, c. 1895–1910. tapestry weave: wool. Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, post- Contact, Early Period.
  236. - Rug (Woman's Wearing Blanket Style), America, c. 1895–1905. tapestry weave: wool (handspun). Attributed to America, Native North American, Southwest, Navajo, Post-Contact, Early Period.
  237. - Carpet, Azerbaijan, 1890. Ghiordez knot: wool and cotton. Attributed to Azerbaijan.
  238. - Garden rug, Kazakhstan, 1890. A carpet/rug from Kazakhstan.
  239. - Lion with Palms (Rug), Ohio, 1890-1900. Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarns, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill weave. Ohio carpet/rug.
  240. - Carpet loom with Jacquard attachment (1891 engraving). 19th-century engraving illustrating a power carpet loom fitted with a Jacquard mechanism, showing the mechanization of carpet manufacture.
  241. - Rug, United States, 1892. Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile. United States carpet/rug.
  242. - Door Rug (Ensi), Turkmenistan, c. 1900. knotted pile, asymmetrical knot, 117 knots psi; wool. Attributed to Turkmenistan, Yomud, 19th century.
  243. - Prayer Rug, Turkestan, About 1900. Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots". Turkestan carpet/rug.
  244. - Blanket or Rug, Arizona, c. 1900. Wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges and ends. Arizona carpet/rug.
  245. - Blanket or Rug, Arizona, c. 1900 (Transitional Period). Wool, dovetailed tapestry weave; twined edges; corner knotted tassel; two selvages present. Arizona carpet/rug.
  246. - Carpet department, Hermann Gerson department store, Berlin. An illustration of the carpet and furniture department ('Abtheilung für Teppiche und Möbel') of the Hermann Gerson department store in Berlin, published for the 1896 Berlin Trade Exhibition, evidence of the carpet trade at the scale of a major department store.
  247. - Rudolf Weisse, The Carpet Merchant. Orientalist oil painting by Rudolf Weisse depicting a carpet merchant, 1897.
  248. - Shahsavan kilim, Caucasus, circa 1900. An antique Shahsavan slit-tapestry kilim, circa 1900.
  249. - Kuba kilim, Caucasus, circa 1900. A Kuba-region kilim from the Caucasus, circa 1900.
  250. - Young Navajo girl weaving a blanket, circa 1900. A young Navajo weaver at a loom with rope and log supports, circa 1900, illustrating the intergenerational transmission of Navajo weaving.
  251. - Carpet, Iran, 1900s. senna knot: wool, cotton, and camel hair. Attributed to Iran, Vicinity of Mashhad (Baluchistan), 20th century.
  252. - Amritsar carpet factory, 1903. A carpet factory with ninety-seven looms strung with cotton warp in Amritsar, India, illustrating the industrial scale of colonial-era Indian carpet manufacture.
  253. - Azerbaijani carpet weaver from Karabakh. Historic photograph of an Azeri carpet weaver from Karabakh, early 20th-century documentary image.
  254. - Poster: 'Perser-Teppiche' carpet house advertisement, Berlin. Design by Christa von Wahl for R. von Oettingen's Berlin Persian-carpet showroom, using carpet-medallion ornament motifs in the print design itself, advertising ephemera for the German carpet-import trade.
  255. - Poster: Oriental Carpet Exhibition, Basel 1913. Poster by Burkhard Mangold for a dedicated Oriental-carpet exhibition held at the Gewerbemuseum Basel in November 1913, organized by the Sandreuter & Lang carpet firm, direct evidence of a period public carpet exhibition.
  256. - Oriental Carpet Merchant, by Lovis Corinth. Oil painting by German Impressionist Lovis Corinth titled 'Orientalischer Teppichhändler', depicting a carpet trader ('Kerchir Omar, marchand de Tapis de Tunis') with his wares; documented in the Corinth catalogue raisonné (Berend-Corinth 1992, no. 555).
  257. - Floor carpet with chandelier medallion, by C.A. Lion Cachet. Floor carpet with a medallion of curved chandelier arms, designed by prominent Dutch Nieuwe Kunst designer Carel Adolph Lion Cachet.
  258. - Swedish rya rug (1914). An early-20th-century Swedish rya rug, bridging the older functional weaving tradition and its later decorative revival.
  259. - Carpet merchant, Sinaia, Romania. A period photograph of a carpet merchant displaying rugs for sale in Sinaia, Romania, from a German WWI military photo collection documenting the Romanian front.
  260. - Floor carpet with arabesque pattern and butterflies. Early-20th-century Dutch woven floor carpet with an arabesque and butterfly pattern.
  261. - Art Deco floor carpet by Jaap Gidding. Colorful Art Deco-pattern floor carpet with a plain grey-green border, designed by Dutch designer Jaap Gidding.
  262. - Floor carpet with geometric figures. Dutch floor carpet with a geometric figure pattern, early 1920s.
  263. - Moroccan carpet merchants, Colonial Exhibition, Marseille. Press photograph of the Moroccan section carpet merchants at the 1922 Colonial Exhibition in Marseille, documenting the display and trade of North African carpets to a French audience.
  264. - Carpet merchant, Colonial Exhibition, Marseille. Press photograph of a carpet merchant at the 1922 Colonial Exhibition in Marseille.
  265. - Wool floor carpet, geometric stripes and cross. Dutch wool floor carpet in brown and beige with a geometric stripe-and-cross pattern, Art Deco period.
  266. - Knotted carpet by Theo Colenbrander. Hand-knotted floor carpet with a blue central field and ornamental border, designed by the pioneering Dutch Nieuwe Kunst designer Theo Colenbrander.
  267. - Carpet design, 'Holland' motif. A 1928 Dutch carpet-weave design drawing ('Tapijtontwerp motief Holland'), documenting the design process behind machine-woven Dutch carpets of the interwar period.
  268. - Carpet seller on the beach, Deauville. Press photograph of an itinerant carpet seller working the beach at Deauville, a vivid everyday-trade scene of the interwar carpet business in France.
  269. - Savonnerie carpet commissioned by Napoleon for Malmaison. A 1928 press photograph of a Savonnerie carpet at Malmaison originally commissioned by Napoleon from the royal manufactory, showing the carpet's continued display in the 20th century.
  270. - Floor carpet with grid and foliage pattern. Dutch Art Deco-period floor carpet with a central grid-and-foliage pattern.
  271. - Navajo weaver with partially completed rug on loom, 1933. A Navajo weaver at a vertical loom with a partially completed rug, Southern Navajo Agency, Arizona, 1933, the distinct North American Navajo weaving tradition.
  272. - Ivan Bilibin, illustration for the fairy tale of the magic carpet. Ivan Bilibin's illustration for a Russian fairy tale depicting a flying carpet, representing the 'flying carpet' motif in folklore and art.
  273. - Swedish rya rug by Aina Hovling, 1936. A 1930s Swedish rya rug by named weaver Aina Hovling, from the period when rya weaving became a celebrated modern Scandinavian craft form.
  274. - Old Finnish ryijy rug, 1936. An old Finnish hand-knotted ryijy rug from 1936, representative of the distinct Nordic pile-rug tradition (ryijy/rya), historically both a bed cover and ceremonial textile.
  275. - Carpets For Rivers! (1939). British Pathé newsreel 'Carpets For Rivers!' from 1939.
  276. - Swedish rya rug (1942). A mid-20th-century Swedish rya rug, from the period when rya weaving was revived as a modern Scandinavian design craft.
  277. - Carpet Making (1946). British Pathé newsreel 'Carpet Making' from 1946.
  278. - Holy Carpet Leaves Egypt For Mecca (1946). British Pathé newsreel 'Holy Carpet Leaves Egypt For Mecca' from 1946, documenting the ceremonial Kiswa/Mahmal carpet procession.
  279. - On The Carpet (1946). British Pathé newsreel 'On The Carpet' from 1946.
  280. - The making of a Moroccan Amazigh carpet, 1946. Historical photograph documenting the making of a Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) carpet in the town of Irhzissane, 1946.
  281. - Figural carpet depicting Ahmad Shah Qajar. A Persian 'figural carpet' (Figurenteppich) from Mashhad depicting the last Qajar shah, Ahmad Shah, seated in European-style uniform, a rare genre where a portrait, rather than an ornamental pattern, is the central carpet motif.
  282. - Carpet Portrait (1954). British Pathé newsreel 'Carpet Portrait' from 1954.
  283. - Carpets Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1955). British Pathé newsreel 'Carpets Beware' from 1955.
  284. - Berber carpet weaver knotting, Zemmour, Morocco. A Berber carpet knotter (tapijtknoopster) from the Zemmour region of Morocco at her loom, 1955.
  285. - First carpet-beating machine on wheels, Amsterdam. The first motorized, mobile carpet-beating machine on wheels in Amsterdam, photographed 22 July 1960, a curiosity of mid-20th-century carpet-care technology.
  286. - Carpet weaving on a handloom, Italy, 1961. A woman weaving a carpet on a handloom, 1961, from the Touring Club Italiano photographic archive.
  287. - Carpet Factory (1968). British Pathé newsreel 'Carpet Factory' from 1968.
  288. - Afghan war rug. A hand-knotted Afghan 'war rug' woven with tanks, helicopters, grenades and a Kalashnikov motif, a distinct late-20th-century carpet genre born from the Soviet-Afghan war, refugee weaving workshops and the Taliban era.
  289. - Afghan war rug. An Afghan 'war rug' from the Ghazni region, a distinctive late-20th-century tradition where weavers incorporated tanks, helicopters and weapons from the Soviet occupation into traditional carpet design.
  290. - Carpet-weavers in a workshop, Kruja, Albania. Carpet weavers at work in a workshop in Kruja, Albania, a historic center of Albanian carpet production.
  291. - Tibetan carpet weavers demonstrate at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Tibetan carpet weavers from Nepal demonstrate traditional knotting techniques at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, themed on the Silk Road.
  292. - Silk carpet workshop, Khiva. Girls weaving silk carpets on a loom beside a large dye vat in a workshop in Khiva, Uzbekistan.
  293. - Carpet weaving hall, Khotan factory. Weavers at work in a carpet factory in Khotan, Xinjiang, China.
  294. - Finished carpets, Khotan factory. Finished carpets at a factory in Khotan, Xinjiang, China.
  295. - Carpet factory, Khotan, Xinjiang. Inside a carpet factory in Khotan (Hotan), an oasis city in Xinjiang, China, continuing the region's ancient Silk Road carpet-weaving tradition.
  296. - Carpets in Marrakech. Carpets displayed for sale in Marrakech, Morocco.
  297. - Carpet shop, Isfahan Bazaar. A carpet shop in the Grand Bazaar of Isfahan, Iran.
  298. - Mongolian Felt Making. Documentation of Mongolian felt-making technique.
  299. - Prayer rug saph, Sultan Ahmet (Blue) Mosque, Istanbul. A multi-niche prayer rug (saph) laid out for communal prayer at the Sultan Ahmet Camii (Blue Mosque), Istanbul.
  300. - Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, Istanbul. Exterior of the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (TIEM) in Istanbul, home to one of the world's great carpet collections including Seljuk and early Ottoman pieces.
  301. - Portrait of a carpet weaver, Esfahan. Portrait of a carpet weaver in Esfahan, Iran, one of Persia's classic carpet-weaving centers.
  302. - Qashqai nomad sisters weaving on a floor loom. Two Qashqai nomad sisters weaving a tribal carpet on a horizontal floor loom near Firuzabad, Iran.
  303. - Berber carpet, Morocco. A handmade Berber carpet, part of the still-active rural carpet-weaving industry of Morocco.
  304. - Carpet salesman, Herat, Afghanistan. A carpet salesman in Herat, Afghanistan, 2009.
  305. - Afghan woman weaving a rug, Bamyan. An Afghan woman weaves a rug in her home in the Dragon Valley region of Bamyan, Afghanistan, part of a program supporting female weavers' income.
  306. - Thibault Van Renne - Ghashgaï nomads the making of rugs. Documentation of Qashqai nomadic rug-making.
  307. - U.S. soldiers inspect a carpet factory, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. U.S. Army soldiers conduct a quality-control inspection of a carpet factory in Chek Nawar Village, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team economic development project, 2010.
  308. - Carpet dealers at the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul. Carpet dealers and stacked rugs at the historic Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, a major center of the carpet trade.
  309. - Islamic Art Gallery Views with Commentary by Sheila Canby and Navina Haidar. Met Islamic Art curators Sheila Canby and Navina Haidar walk the galleries, including carpet displays, with commentary.
  310. - Islamic Galleries at the Met Have a Grand Re-Opening. Voice of America news segment on the Met's Islamic Art galleries reopening, featuring the carpet collection.
  311. - Carpet covering the Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul. The carpet covering the interior floor of the Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, one of the great Ottoman imperial mosques.
  312. - Silk Hereke rug, over 1200 knots per square inch. A modern silk Hereke rug demonstrating the extremely fine knot density (over 1200 knots per square inch) associated with Hereke, Turkey's premier silk-weaving town.
  313. - Nepalese women spinning wool for carpet yarn. Nepalese women spinning wool into yarn using flyerless floor spinning wheels, a preparatory step for carpet weaving.
  314. - Two female weavers in Nepal. Two female pile-carpet weavers at work in Nepal, part of Nepal's Tibetan-refugee-founded carpet weaving industry.
  315. - Group of weavers in a carpet company, Nepal. A group of carpet weavers at a weaving company in Nepal.
  316. - Axminster Carpets Ltd factory. The Axminster Carpets Ltd factory in Axminster, Devon, England, one of Britain's historic carpet-manufacturing towns.
  317. - Carpet making, Tunisia. A carpet being made on a handloom in Tunisia, 2012, the traditional method continued with modern loom materials.
  318. - Installing the New Islamic Department Galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Installation footage of the Met's redesigned Islamic Art department galleries, including its carpet displays.
  319. - Discoveries Part III: Day 1, Carpets of Turkey, Iran, and India. Long-form Met curator talk/discovery session on carpets of Turkey, Iran, and India in the museum's collection.
  320. - Thematic Displays and Interconnections in the Islamic Art Galleries. Extended Met curator discussion of thematic displays and interconnections across the Islamic art galleries, including carpets.
  321. - Certifying your rug is slave labor free - A video on GoodWeave, produced by CNN. CNN-produced video on GoodWeave certification verifying rugs are made free of slave/child labor, part of the industry's certification history.
  322. - From Carpet Loom to Classroom. GoodWeave documentary 'From Carpet Loom to Classroom,' covering child rescue from carpet-industry labor into education.
  323. - GoodWeave Works to End Nepal Child Labor, Educational Opportunities at Hamro Ghar - produced by CNN. GoodWeave's work to end child labor in Nepal's carpet-weaving industry, with educational alternatives shown.
  324. - Nepal Crisis Pushing Children into Slavery, produced by CNN. CNN-produced segment on the Nepal crisis pushing children toward carpet-industry labor.
  325. - Carpet recycling tour at Heritage Recycling. Tour of a carpet recycling facility, showing how post-consumer carpet is processed.
  326. - Axminster Carpets Manufacturing
  327. - Weaving women in Tunisia. Women weaving in Tunisia, 2012.
  328. - Weaver woman in Azerbaijan. Woman weaving a kilim on a traditional loom in Azerbaijan.
  329. - Conserving the Emperor's Carpet. The Met's conservators discuss conserving the 16th-century Persian 'Emperor's Carpet.'
  330. - Nazmiyal Collection NYC: Historical Event! $34,000,000 Vase Carpet Sells At Sotheby's. Nazmiyal coverage of a historic $34 million Vase Carpet sale at Sotheby's.
  331. - Nazmiyal: 17th Century Mughal Rug From Vanderbilt Collection Sells For 7.5 Million Sothebys Auction. Nazmiyal coverage of a 17th-century Mughal rug from the Vanderbilt Collection selling for $7.5 million.
  332. - Carpet shops in the bazaar, Herat, Afghanistan. Carpet shops in the bazaar of Herat, Afghanistan, a historic center of Persian-tradition carpet weaving and trade, 2013.
  333. - Carpet weavers near Jaipur, Rajasthan. Weavers at a floor loom producing a knotted carpet near Jaipur, India.
  334. - Carpet weavers near Jaipur (India, alternate). Alternate framing of weavers producing hand-knotted carpets near Jaipur, Rajasthan.
  335. - Kailash Satyarthi on the founding of GoodWeave. Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi discusses the founding of GoodWeave, the child-labor-free rug certification body.
  336. - Making+a+Shyrdak+in+Kyrgyzstan SD. Documentation of making a shyrdak (felt rug) in Kyrgyzstan.
  337. - Carpet shops, Fez souks, Morocco. Carpet shops in the souks of Fez, Morocco, showing stacked Moroccan rugs for sale.
  338. - UNESCO recognises Bulgaria's carpet weaving traditions. AP Archive report on UNESCO recognizing Bulgaria's carpet weaving traditions.
  339. - Carpet weavers work to keep traditions alive. AP Archive report on carpet weavers working to keep their craft traditions alive.
  340. - A short documentary about weaving hand knotted carpets in India. Short documentary about weaving hand-knotted carpets in India.
  341. - From AK47s to drones, Afghans 'war rugs' reflect bloody decades. AFP News Agency segment on Afghan war rugs, woven with motifs from AK-47s to drones, reflecting decades of conflict.
  342. - Afghan trade in war rugs booming. AP Archive report on the booming Afghan trade in war rugs.
  343. - A short documentary about weaving hand knotted carpets on Northern areas of Afghanistan. Short documentary about weaving hand-knotted carpets in the northern areas of Afghanistan.
  344. - The ancient art of felt rug making. AP Archive report on the ancient art of felt rug making.
  345. - Weavers in rural Iran try to make the world's largest rug.. AP Archive report on Iranian rural weavers making the world's largest rug.
  346. - The largest hand-woven carpet was finished by Iranian weavers. It covers over two square miles.. AP Archive report on Iranian weavers finishing the largest hand-woven carpet, covering a vast area.
  347. - Handmade carpet manufacturer, Aswan, Egypt. A handmade carpet manufacturer at work in Aswan, Egypt.
  348. - Conservation: William Morris, The Bullerswood Carpet. V&A conservators discuss the William Morris-designed Bullerswood Carpet, a Morris & Co. hand-knotted carpet in the museum's collection.
  349. - Restoring Scotland's Largest Hand-Woven Carpet - Winton Castle. Restoration of Scotland's largest hand-woven carpet at Winton Castle.
  350. - Kilim weaver Sona xanım, Azerbaijan. Portrait of Sona xanım, a kilim weaver (kilimçi) in Azerbaijan.
  351. - Durries and Carpet Weaving - Bhadohi. Documentation of durrie and carpet weaving craft in Bhadohi, India.
  352. - Wilton Carpets - 1955. Archival Wilton Carpets promotional/documentary footage from 1955, showing production of the era.
  353. - Wilton Carpets - 1946. Archival Wilton Carpets footage from 1946, showing post-war British carpet manufacturing.
  354. - Wilton Carpets on BBC South. BBC South segment on Wilton Carpets manufacturing.
  355. - Kilim weavers, open-air lesson, Azerbaijan. Kilim weavers (kilimçilər) at an open-air weaving lesson in Azerbaijan, showing the transmission of the craft.
  356. - Carpet festival aims to preserve ancient weaving traditions. AP Archive report on a carpet festival aiming to preserve ancient weaving traditions.
  357. - Start-up aims to revive traditional rug-making industry. AP Archive report on a start-up aiming to revive a traditional rug-making industry.
  358. - How Carpets are made in India (Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh). Documentation of how carpets are made in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, India's carpet manufacturing hub.
  359. - Garten-Teppich / Figdor-Teppich | Teppiche zum Fliegen bringen (english subtitles). MAK Vienna film on the Garden Carpet ('Figdor-Teppich'), examining the carpet's design and history.
  360. - Azerbaijan Carpet Museum - National Geographic. National Geographic short on the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum in Baku.
  361. - AZERBAIJAN - THE BAKU CARPET MUSEUM. Visit to the Baku Carpet Museum in Azerbaijan, shaped like a rolled carpet.
  362. - $33 8 Million Rug. Sotheby's Auction William A Clark Collection. Conservation by Richard Afkari. Coverage of the $33.8 million Clark rug sold at Sotheby's, including its conservation history.
  363. - Carpet on a Rigid Heddle loom - making knots. Detailed demonstration of tying knots on a rigid heddle loom to make a carpet.
  364. - Replicating some of the world's most prestigious carpet designs. AP Archive report on replicating some of the world's most prestigious carpet designs.
  365. - Kumkapi carpets on display in Istanbul. TRT World segment on Kumkapi carpets on display in Istanbul.
  366. - Madder used as a natural dye. Madder root used as a natural dye to color silk yarn, the classic red dye source used historically in carpet wool dyeing.
  367. - Making of Kashmiri Carpet. Footage documenting the making of a Kashmiri carpet.
  368. - How a $40,000 Swedish Carpet Is Made. Bloomberg Originals explainer on how a $40,000 Swedish carpet is made.
  369. - Weaving Turkish carpet knot by knot. Close-up demonstration of weaving a Turkish carpet knot by knot.
  370. - Natural dying with Madder. Natural dyeing demonstration using madder root.
  371. - Time-Lapse: The Cycle of Islamic Carpet Rotations. Time-lapse of the Met rotating its light-sensitive Islamic carpet displays, illustrating conservation practice around carpet light exposure.
  372. - Traditional hand woven carpets. AP Archive footage of traditional hand-woven carpets.
  373. - Teppichrestaurierung | Museum für Islamische Kunst. Berlin Museum of Islamic Art conservators demonstrate carpet restoration work.
  374. - Conserving the Valois Tapestries. Cleveland Museum of Art conservators discuss conserving the Valois Tapestries, illustrating textile conservation methods relevant to carpets.
  375. - Afghan War Rugs! Twin Tower War Rug!. Feature on an Afghan war rug depicting the September 11 Twin Towers attack, a documented genre of conflict textile art.
  376. - Carpet souk, old medina. The Carpet Souk (Souk du Tapis) in an old North African medina, a dedicated street of carpet vendors.
  377. - Chiprovtsi carpet festival, Bulgaria. The Chiprovtsi Carpet Festival in Chiprovtsi, Bulgaria, 2019, celebrating the town's centuries-old kilim-weaving tradition (a UNESCO-recognized intangible heritage).
  378. - How a Handmade Rug is Woven. Persian Weavers channel documentary on how a handmade rug is woven start to finish.
  379. - H Symmetric Turkish knot. Persian Weavers instructional clip on the symmetrical Turkish knot.
  380. - H Asymmetric Persian knots. Persian Weavers instructional clip on the asymmetrical Persian knot.
  381. - The Rug Making Process: Part 4a - Finishing (First Shearing). Part of a rug-making process series showing the first shearing/finishing stage of a new carpet.
  382. - Conservation of the Ardabil Carpet: the oldest dated carpet in the world. V&A conservation team on the Ardabil Carpet, the world's oldest dated carpet (1539-40), covering its display lighting regime and conservation approach.
  383. - Wiener Jagdteppich | Purer Luxus, jahrelange Arbeit (english subtitles). MAK Vienna film on the Vienna Hunting Carpet ('Wiener Jagdteppich'), a masterpiece Persian carpet in the museum's collection.
  384. - Kilim Carpet Weaving. Demonstration of kilim (flatweave) carpet weaving technique.
  385. - Felt Making in Kyrgyzstan. Documentation of traditional felt-making in Kyrgyzstan.
  386. - Mamluken-Teppich | Methoden und Erkenntnisse der Restaurierung (english subtitles). MAK Vienna conservation film on the Mamluk Carpet, covering restoration methods and findings.
  387. - Savonnerie-Tischteppich, Stil Louis XIII. | Restaurierung, Reinigung, Reparatur (english subtitles). MAK Vienna restoration/cleaning/repair film on a Savonnerie table carpet in Louis XIII style.
  388. - Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Wonder of Weaving. Documentary segment 'Wonder of Weaving' on the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum.
  389. - Carpet merchant, Tabriz Bazaar. A carpet merchant in the historic Tabriz Bazaar, Iran, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the great historic carpet-trading centers of Persia.
  390. - Persian Knot weaving process. Close demonstration of the Persian (asymmetrical/Senneh) knot weaving process.
  391. - Ghiordes Rug Knotting. Guild demonstration of Ghiordes (Turkish symmetrical) rug knotting technique.
  392. - Carpet Shearing and Clipping Process. Demonstration of carpet shearing and clipping to finish the pile.
  393. - Europe and the knotted Carpet | Museum für Islamische Kunst. Museum of Islamic Art Berlin exhibition film 'Europe and the Knotted Carpet,' on Europe's historical relationship to Oriental carpets.
  394. - Namda - Story of the ancient felt-making craft. Documentary on Namda, the ancient craft of felt-making.
  395. - Conservation process of 17th Century $34 million dollar group of rugs from William A. Clarke (4). Conservation process shown for a 17th-century group of rugs from the William A. Clark Collection, valued at $34 million.
  396. - 16th Century Cairene Carpet conservation process, Richard Afkari (1). Conservation process for a 16th-century Cairene carpet, demonstrating museum-grade antique carpet restoration.
  397. - The Art Of Carpet Weaving a Documentary by Masoud Farand. Independent documentary 'The Art of Carpet Weaving' by filmmaker Masoud Farand.
  398. - "Mamluk Carpet" Restoration. Louvre Abu Dhabi documents the restoration of a Mamluk carpet in its collection.
  399. - Washing Persian Rugs in the River, Iran, 1950s - Film 1090288. Archival footage of Persian rugs being washed in the river in Iran, 1950s.
  400. - The Clark Sickle Leaf Carpet!|Sold For $33.7 Million!|. Coverage of the Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet, sold for $33.7 million at Sotheby's in 2013.
  401. - WEAVE WITH ME: Vertical Warp Weighted Loom an Ancient Way of Weaving. Demonstration of weaving on an ancient-style vertical warp-weighted loom.
  402. - Ming dynasty carpet valued at $4.6m put up for auction in Paris. CGTN Europe coverage of a Ming dynasty carpet valued at $4.6 million going to auction in Paris.
  403. - Persian Rugs: Weaving in Turkmen. Footage of Persian rug weaving among Turkmen communities.
  404. - Nomadic handicrafts | A secret center of Nomadic Handicrafts. Documentation of a center for nomadic handicrafts including weaving.
  405. - Persian Rugs: Weaving in Tabriz. Footage of Persian rug weaving in Tabriz.
  406. - Town TV Short Wilton Carpets 1995. 1995 Town Television segment on Wilton Carpets.
  407. - Vertical carpet loom, Goris, Armenia. A vertical loom set up for carpet weaving in Goris, Armenia, showing the warp and partially completed pile.
  408. - Wilton carpet factory, Wiltshire. The Wilton Royal Carpet Factory in Wilton, Wiltshire, England, one of the oldest continuously operating carpet manufacturers in Britain.
  409. - Carpet City of India - Bhadohi @AftabFootnotes | कालीनों का शहर. Documentary on Bhadohi, India's 'Carpet City,' covering its carpet weaving industry.
  410. - The Last Persian-Style Carpet Weavers From Europe. DW Euromaxx documentary on the last Persian-style carpet weavers working in Europe.
  411. - The Ardabil Carpet at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Short interactive-style piece on the Ardabil Carpet at the V&A.
  412. - How Persian Rugs Are Made Explained. Explainer documentary on how Persian rugs are made, covering knotting and production steps.
  413. - The History of the Berlin Carpet Collection | Museum für Islamische Kunst (English/Deutsch). Curators recount the history of the Berlin carpet collection at the Museum of Islamic Art.
  414. - Wool spinning and carpet weaving_nomadic lifestyle of iran. Documentation of wool spinning and carpet weaving within Iranian nomadic lifestyle.
  415. - Anke Scharrahs about the Aleppo Room | Syrian Heritage Archive | Museum für Islamische Kunst. Conservator Anke Scharrahs discusses the Aleppo Room and related Syrian textile/interior heritage at the Museum of Islamic Art Berlin.
  416. - Making yarn and weaving carpet by nomads: nomadic and village lifestyle in Iran. Documentation of nomadic and village yarn-making and carpet weaving lifestyle in Iran.
  417. - Woven cultures, the complex history of an Ottoman carpet. Smarthistory analysis of the complex history of an Ottoman carpet, an art-historical explainer.
  418. - A Royal Treasure from The Court of Emperor Shah Jahan: A Mughal Pashmina Carpet (c.1650). Christie's presentation of a royal Mughal pashmina carpet from the court of Emperor Shah Jahan.
  419. - The secret of Carpet making in the world's largest roofed bazaar in Tabriz! EP16. Documentary segment on carpet making in the world's largest roofed bazaar, the Tabriz bazaar.
  420. - Turkmen Rugs Weaving in Golestan. Footage of Turkmen rug weaving in the Golestan region of Iran.
  421. - Turkish knot demonstrated by Iranian carpet weavers. Close-up demonstration of the symmetrical (Turkish/Ghiordes) knot technique used in Persian carpet weaving.
  422. - Woven Sounds | Full Documentary | A Film by Mehdi Aminian. Full documentary 'Woven Sounds' by Mehdi Aminian, connecting Persian carpet weaving to musical/pattern-singing traditions.
  423. - How a Persian Carpet is Made | The Story Behind. Documentary-style piece on how a Persian carpet is made.
  424. - carpet weaving stream. Extended long-form carpet weaving footage from the Handicrafts A to Z channel, showing the full weaving process on a loom.
  425. - Nomadic women spinning wool. Footage of nomadic women hand-spinning wool, the raw-material step before carpet weaving.
  426. - Textile Conservation at The Met. Behind-the-scenes look at textile conservation practice at the Met, relevant to how carpets are cared for institutionally.
  427. - The biggest covered Bazar in the world | Persian carpet | Tabriz bazar | travel vlog. Travel footage of the Persian carpet section of the Tabriz bazaar, one of the world's largest covered bazaars.
  428. - Imperial Safavid Court Carpet | Christie's Inc. Christie's presentation of an Imperial Safavid Court Carpet offered at auction.
  429. - Nomadic Tentbands. Documentation of nomadic tentband weaving, a related woven textile craft to carpets.
  430. - Rugs for sale, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Berber rugs hanging for sale in the main street of Ouarzazate, Morocco, showing symbols and techniques inherited from ancestral Berber weaving knowledge.
  431. - Carpet shop at the Blue Mosque, Yerevan. A traditional carpet shop located within the Blue Mosque complex in Yerevan, Armenia.
  432. - Indigo-dyed fabric raised from the dye vat. Indigo-dyed fabric lifted from a traditional dye vat, showing the oxidization color-change characteristic of natural indigo dyeing, one of the classic dye sources for carpet wool.
  433. - Rug Weaving: My Journey Through India 🇮🇳 (A Documentary). Long-form documentary following the journey of rug weaving across India.
  434. - Charming Carpet Weaving Studio ❤️. Footage inside a working carpet weaving studio in Iran.
  435. - Harald Boehmer interview. Interview with Harald Böhmer, the chemist behind the DOBAG natural-dye rug revival project in Turkey.
  436. - Grand Bazaar of Tabriz, carpet shop interior. Interior view of the historic Grand Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran, showing the carpet shop of merchant Seyed Rezazadeh.
  437. - China Dongsheng Carpet Production and Export Base. Footage of the Dongsheng Carpet production and export base in China.
  438. - Treasures of India - Kashmir's Hand-knotted Carpets. Documentary on Kashmir's hand-knotted carpet tradition.
  439. - Kumkapi: a portal to luxury rug-making history. Documentary on Kumkapi, an Istanbul neighborhood central to the historic luxury rug trade.
  440. - 🧵Natural Dyes & Hidden Symbols: The Story Behind Denizli Carpets. Feature on natural dyes and hidden symbols behind Denizli carpets, a Turkish weaving tradition.
  441. - Complete instruction in weaving kilims and rugs in the style of Iranian rural women. Complete instructional documentary on weaving kilims and rugs in the style of rural Iranian women weavers.
  442. - Flat Weave Carpet Weaving Process | How Handmade Kilim & Dhurrie Rugs Are Made | Stratum Rugs. Demonstration of the flatweave process for handmade kilim and dhurrie rugs.
  443. - Explore the Iran Carpet Museum: Persian Rugs & Tehran’s Cultural Gem (2025). Travel-documentary walkthrough of the Iran Carpet Museum in Tehran, covering major Persian rugs on display.
  444. - Kilim making by Turkmen weavers in northern Afghanistan. Footage of kilim-making by Turkmen weavers in northern Afghanistan.
  445. - رازهای پنهان فرش‌های ایرانی | موزه فرش تهرانHidden Secrets of Persian Carpets | Tehran Carpet Museum. Persian-language documentary segment on the hidden histories of Persian carpets, filmed at the Tehran Carpet Museum.
  446. - Faig Ahmed, Doubts (contemporary distorted carpet). 'Doubts' by contemporary Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed, who reworks traditional hand-knotted carpet weaving into distorted, melting sculptural forms, a leading figure in contemporary carpet-as-art practice.
  447. - Carpet weaving in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh | Traditional handicrafts at work. Traditional handicraft footage of carpet weaving in Bhadohi.
  448. - The Story of Catherine Evans Whitener, the Woman Behind Dalton's $12 Billion Carpet Industry. Story of Catherine Evans Whitener, credited with founding Dalton, Georgia's tufted carpet industry now worth $12 billion.
  449. - Turkmen Women Weaving a Traditional Carpet | Full Process. Full-process documentation of Turkmen women weaving a traditional carpet.
  450. - Rare Turkmen Asmalyks Alan Rothblatt. Long-form specialist talk on rare Turkmen asmalyk (tribal trapping) carpets, given by a New England Rug Society expert.
  451. - The Weaving of Persian Rugs Knotting Wool by Hand for Intricate Design. Footage of Persian rug weaving showing hand-knotting wool for intricate designs.
  452. - A Carpet Seller in Istanbul Who Owned a Flying Rug.. Story of a carpet seller in Istanbul's bazaar trade.
  453. - How Afghan war rugs document the 2021 Taliban takeover. Toronto Star feature on how Afghan war rugs documented the 2021 Taliban takeover.
  454. - Creating Patterns and Weaving the Carpet. Old Ways Living footage of creating patterns and weaving the carpet on the loom.
  455. - The Art and Process of Kashmiri Carpet Weaving.. Exotic India's documentary on the art and process of Kashmiri carpet weaving.

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