Handmade carpet components are one of the most important things that all those who deal with carpet weaving or intend to buy hand-woven carpets should be familiar with. Knowing the different parts and parts of a rug will allow you to act in the best possible way when choosing it.

In this article of Farahan Carpet, we intend to introduce 8 main parts and components of handmade carpets to you in general and review their specifications for you.

Handmade carpet components

To identify the components of handmade carpets, you are faced with two general categories, one category of main components and another category that are less important.

Knitting, lint and weaving are the three main components of hand-woven carpets, which are in fact the same role; They have the length, width and height of your carpet, and the other components that we introduce have other roles, which we will examine in the following.

1. Carpet weaving

Few people are a little familiar with the components of handmade carpets and have not heard the name Cheleh. The main skeleton is the carpet on which the carpet is woven.

If we want to speak in slang and simple language; Cheleh is the white roots of the carpet that are visible on both sides of the edges.

In fact, the threads that are tied on the carpet and the knots of the carpet are tied gradually and one by one on them are the same thread and it can be made of linen (cotton thread), wool or silk, and in most Cases have their natural color and white, but in some cases they are also colored.

2. Handmade carpet lint

Perez is actually the most important and main option among the components of handmade carpets to display the design and pattern of the carpet, and for this reason it is also called carpet mantle.

Handmade carpets are generally woven from two types of lint, either long lint, which is called coarse woven, or small lint, which is called fine weaving.

The villi are obtained from knots that are tied around two strands. Once tied, the extra lint is cut with a knife, and the shorter the height of the lint, the higher the price of the rug.

In general, the lint is made of wool, fluff or silk, among which wool is the most used option, fluff is the least used option and silk is the most expensive option.

3. Carpet fabric

Well, in the previous two sections, we examined the length and height of the handmade carpet, and now it is the turn of the width of the carpet, which is one of the most important components of the handmade carpet.

Fabrics actually play a role in strengthening and integrating carpet knots. After the knots are placed on the threads or the same yarn, in order to be tested in place, they need yarns that pass through the yarns and are placed on them. These yarns are called carpet wefts. Called.

The yarns used for weaving can be wool, cotton and silk, which varies depending on the type of carpet and the texture pattern. Just like the wefts, the main color for the fabric is white, but you can also use a variety of colors for them.

4. Carpet border

The border between the components of handmade carpets has the role of creating a rule and size. In fact, the rim of the carpet acts as a frame and frame that creates order and beauty.

Margins are divided into two main categories, wide and narrow, which are used depending on the type of carpet. There is a general rule in carpet weaving that the total number of margins in a rug should be the number of the individual.

For example, you are not allowed to have only one narrow border and one wide border (the total is 2), but you should use two narrow and one wide border. The most common number of margins for carpets are 3 and 5.

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5. Flexible handmade carpets

Elasticity is called the corners of handmade carpets. In fact, the four corners of your rug are made up of designs that are called elastic.

The elasticity among the components of the handmade carpet is considered as one of the main parts, which is one of the carpet designs, and if its design is part of the middle bergamot (similar to it), that carpet is called bergamot elasticity, which is part of It is considered as the most famous handmade carpet designs in Iran.

6. Carpet bergamot

Perhaps among the components of handmade carpets, bergamot can be introduced as the most familiar part of the carpet that we have all seen. If you look at the carpets in your home, you will see a circular or oval pattern in the center, this design is exactly the same as the carpet thorn.

The size of the thorns varies depending on the pattern of the carpet and the place where the carpet is woven. Among the cities and provinces of Isfahan, Nain and Kashan handmade carpets have a smaller bergamot size than the cities of Tabriz and Mashhad.

Large and small bergamot is not a big advantage for carpets and it depends on your taste which design you like more, bergamot has three main types; It is a circle, an oval and a rhombus, which basically all have two adjacent parts called the head of the bergamot. Usually bergamot has a color opposite to the background color.

7. Hand woven carpet background

Among the components of handmade carpets, we can introduce the largest part of the carpet background. The size of the background is such that it will determine the main color of your carpet.

Different components of carpets such as flowers, branches, animals and geometric shapes are woven and recorded on a background and the colors used in it are very diverse.

In the past, lacquer (dark red) was used a lot for the background, and as far as you can see, most of the old carpets are this color. But today, a variety of colors are used to set the carpet with home decoration.

8. Handmade carpet inscriptions

Continuing to examine the most important components of handmade carpets, we will go to the inscription. As the name implies, it is a local inscription where the name of the designer or designers of the carpet map is registered.

The main and standard place of the inscription on the handmade carpet is between the bergamot and the headband. The inscription on the rug is optional and does not exist on many rugs.

9. Carpet Stigma

Melon stigma or bergamot is another part of handmade carpet that is placed at the top and bottom of the central bergamot and is crushed.

Due to its high resemblance to melon, it is also called melon bergamot and is also known as Shamseh in many designers.

10. Carpet weaver

The last item among the components of handmade carpets is kilim weaving. The kilim weaver is woven in a chain in the upper and lower parts of the carpet for more durability and strength of the carpet.

In this article, we have tried to examine all the parts and components of handmade carpets for you in detail, so that if you want to buy or know a hand-woven carpet, you can do your choice with more accurate information and correctly.

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