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Types Of Pile Knots
The three main types of
knots used in contemporary oriental rug weaving are the
Turkish or (Ghiordes knots),
Persian or ( Senneh
Knots) and the jufti knot. These are described
below.
The Turkish (Ghiordes knots)
is formed by looping the pile yarn across two warp strands and
then drawing it back through the inside of both warps.
This type of knot produces a very secure pile constructions
and is used in both antique and modern rugs from the Caucasus
and Anatolia (Turkey) and Turkestan. It is also used by
several Kurdish and Turkish tribes in Iran.
The Persian (Senneh knots)
is used in classical
Persian, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Balkan rugs and in
many Turkoman tribal, Iranian village and Afghan rugs. The
asymmetrical knot is capable of producing rugs with very
fine detail. This type of knot wraps around two warps, but
only one of those warps in encircled entirely. They can
be wrapped in either direction and are said to be open to
the left or open to the right.
The Jufti Knot.
Both asymmetrical and symmetrical knots can be tied around
more than two warps. This knot is quicker to work but does
not create a rug with the same structural integrity and is
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