- The most labour-intensive weaving process, conducted by specially-trained artisans
- Working off a rug map, artisans tie individual knots to build up the rug’s design one row at a time
- The quality of a hand-knotted rug is determined by the number of knots per square inch (KSPI)
- A higher KPSI requires greater skill on the part of the weaver and results in a higher-quality rug
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Rug Type-5'x8' (150x240cm) |
Time to Manufacture | Durability |
|---|---|---|
| Hand-Knotted | 5-12 months | 20+ years |
How To Identify:
Individual, often uneven knots are visible on the back of these rugs, mirroring the pattern visible on the front.
- Individual tufts of yarn are punched into a pre-made backing fabric with a special tufting gun
- This tool hooks and pulls yarn through the backing to form loops or piles
- This process is less skill and labor-intensive than hand-knotting, so rugs can be completed in a shorter amount of time
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Rug Type-5'x8' (150x240cm) |
Time to Manufacture | Durability |
|---|---|---|
| Hand-Tufted | 4-6 months | 3-10 years |
How To Identify:
These rugs have a canvas backing glued on to hold the knots in place and usually have a cut or cut and loop pile.
- Flat-weave rugs are created on a loom, rather than knotted or tufted
- These rugs are often reversible, with designs on both sides
- Because they only consist of warp and weft threads they don’t have the thickness of knotted and tufted rugs
- Flat-weave rugs are lightweight and often require rug pads to stay in place
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Rug Type-5'x8' (150x240cm) |
Time to Manufacture | Durability |
|---|---|---|
| Flat-Weave | 3-4 months | 20+ years |
How To Identify:
With their woven construction, these rugs are flat and don’t have a pile.
- Weavers use a loom to create these rugs by hand
- The loom holds the warp (vertical) threads in place and allows the interweaving of the weft (horizontal)
- Different looms are used to produce different types of rugs: including felted textures, shag, naturals or solid and border rugs
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Rug Type-5'x8' (150x240cm) |
Time to Manufacture | Durability |
|---|---|---|
| Hand-Loomed | Construction dependent (3-5 months) | 3-10 years |
How To Identify:
Hand-loomed rugs usually have a low to medium pile (other than shags, which have a deep pile) and can have a canvas backing added to them.
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Winners 2012 Carpet Design Awards 2012: Carpets that enthral!
DOMOTEX
Posted: Jan 15 2012
As part of the Domotex fair in Hannover yesterday, the "Carpet Design Awards 2012" were awarded. The ten winners sat through it against a great competitor. For a total of 211 carpets from 26 countries were submitted for the competition.
At the awards directed their attention to the international jury of design, material quality, product design and innovation. New this year was the "Best Design Studio Artists carpets", sat down in the "Prisons" by Chevalier Edition at the top. In the category "Best Modern Design Superior" scored "Ruby Room" of Jaipur Rugs, and "Best Modern Design Deluxe" model "Reflection Sky" by Wool and Silk Rugs. The award for "Best Traditional Nomadic Design Superior" went to "Haleemi" by Ali Mohammadi, for "Best Traditional Nomadic Design Deluxe" in "Noor" by Werner Weber of Zurich and for "Best Traditional Workshop / Formal Design" at "Cypress" by the Zollanvari AG. In the "Best Old / Antique Carpet" sat down "Tekke Main Carpet" by Foumani of Persian Gallery, received during the "Jazz Collection" Nexus Rugs by this award for the best modern collection. Winners in the category "Best Traditional Collection" is "The Spanish Design Collection" by Ariana Rugs Inc. won as the best innovation beyond "Tagged" by Jan Kath Design.
Winners 2012
| Categories | Winner |
|---|---|
| NEW in 2012 Best Studio Artist Design | Prisons by Chevalier edition |
| Best Modern Design Superior | Ruby Room by Jaipur Rugs |
| Best Modern Design Deluxe | Reflection Sky by Wool and Silk Rugs |
| Best Traditional Nomadic Design Superior | Haleemi by Ali Mohammadi |
| Best Traditional Nomadic Design Deluxe | Noor by Werner Weber Zürich |
| Best Traditional Workshop/Formal Design | Cypress by Zollanvari AG |
| Best Old/Antique Carpet | Tekke Main Carpet by Foumani Persian Gallery |
| Best Collection Modern | Jazz Collection by Nexus rugs |
| Best Collection Traditional | The Spanish Design Collection by Ariana Rugs Inc. |
| Best Innovation | Tagged by Jan Kath Design GmbH |
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