Carpets are part of our history. The oldest carpet ever found was produced 2,500 years ago. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century there were significant numbers of Persian rugs introduced to Western Europe. Today a modern carpet is a masterpiece of industrial manufacturing and still history is ongoing.
- A sensational find at Pazyryk provides evidence for 2,500 years of carpet history
One of the oldest hand-woven rugs known in the world today was found in southern Siberia in 1949 ...
- Floors, walls, furniture – A carpet can cover anything
Today we usually think of carpets as floor coverings. But if we look at the German word for "carpet" – Teppich – and its etymology, we see that carpets were actually also used to cover walls and items of furniture ...
- The invention of the power loom: A milestone
Weaving is one of the oldest crafts known to humankind. Archaeologists have found numerous loom weights of clay proving that the first so-called vertical looms, which were used until the late Middle Ages, date back to the Neolithic era ...
- The Spring of Khosrow: Interiors come alive with ornate garden carpets
Garden carpets were not, as the name might lead one to guess, found in gardens ...
- The Ardabil carpets: Separated twins
Perhaps the most famous of all old Persian rugs are the Ardabil carpets. They are of the so-called Kashan type, named after the province in northwestern Persia ...
- Savonnerie: Making carpets in a soap manufactory
Traditional crafts – especially the art of tapestry-making – experienced a revival during the reign of French king Henry IV, who actively promoted them to counter the flood of imported goods manufactured in the Netherlands ...