Each carpet collection features motifs, knotting techniques and different styles. Looking for information about the various types of handmade carpets, especially those of modern and contemporary design, we come across the following statement:

“Whether old, old, modern or contemporary, each carpet has its own soul and an unmistakable and inimitable style. For those who want to furnish their home with ultra-modern and state-of-the-art furniture, modern and contemporary carpets are ideal, especially for those who want to maintain a sober and elegant style to decorate their spaces. ”

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In this article, right statements are made without, however, making clear what the writer’s thesis is; I struggle to keep my attention alive even on a topic I’m passionate about.

Annapurna Collection Carpets

A first collection of hand-knotted carpets in a contemporary style is the collection of Annapurna Carpets:

“The Annapurna carpet collection consists of hand-knotted artistic artefacts made with the best wool on the market. Each carpet is made with a special palette of colours and designs inspired by the great astrattists of the early 1900s, but still linked to the old traditions of hand knotting. They are, in fact, completely realized in according to the ancient artisan technique, which brilliantly combines ancient textile traditions of centuries with new symbols, patterns and geometric motifs: a perfect mix of antique and modern that amazes, for its originality, as well as for the softness and the high quality of the materials used in its realization”

Tibet Collection Carpets

A second collection of carpets with modern design, with an explicit mention to the past, is the collection of Tibet Carpets:

“Tibetan carpets made from the nineteenth century are relatively small in terms of the motives made on them and in the colours used in the knotting. As for the colours, the variety of natural elements available to craftsmen includes the madder (red), indigo (blue), Tibetan rhubarb (yellow) and Tibetan walnut (brown and gray), with local color like green. The decorations represented are mainly divided into two classes: the first type includes simple geometric motifs, such as chessboard and medallions gau; The second type, born when artisans discovered synthetic colours, include more complex designs and Chinese influence, such as dragons, phoenix, floral motifs and clouds ”

I tremendously struggle to understand what the term “small” refers to Tibetan carpets is; Also list the characteristics of vegetal dye carpets without specifying what period and what area they are talking about is not respectful for those who read.

Ikat Collection Carpets

Finally, looking for blogs and specialized magazines, you will find the following information about the carpet of the Ikat collection:

“The ikat is a yarn dyeing process, popular today among the Malay and Indonesian peoples. The meaning of the term Ikat is literally ‘cloud’. The ikat is technically a stock dye, that is, a dye type where yarn parts are protected by a tight binding to avoid being dyed while the unbound parts are coloured. The ikat dyeing technique is distinguished by:

• Simple ikat, technique in which dyeing is practiced on warp yarns, joined in small bunches tied to obtain, in the weaving on the weft, the predetermined design;
• Ikat double, in which the yearn of the weft are also treated in a similar way.

The ikat was already known to ancient Hindu culture. Others fabrics coloured with this technique are known as Ikat by ethnographers and collectors: ikat fabrics, in particular carpets, are easily distinguished by imitations printed for the typical blending and fusion of colours at the beginning and end points of the designs”

Just a little detail:

The carpets are knotted by hand, they are not woven, so are only the drawings and the motifs to be borrowed from ikat fabrics. The carpet structure is weft and warp on which the veil is knotted.