Traditional Romanian Carpets

Most of the romanian traditional rugs are flat weave kilims probably influenced centuries ago by the ottoman s techniques.

Traditional romanian carpets.

Certain patterns also indicated where the weaver was from. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about romanian rugs. Romanian 9x12 oriental area rug wool rust navy blue very. When romania produces a rug it is given a grade which is named after a town river or mountain.

Fast delivery lots of background information. A variety of techniques were needed to produce the pieces with impressive motifs. Category late 19th century bessarabian antique romanian rugs and carpets. Traditional romanian woven carpets and rugs with colorful motifs in suceava county bucovina.

Romanian rugs use cotton or woolen foundations except for moldova rugs that use mercerized cotton. The most popular color. Irene on nov 21 2019 5 out of 5 stars. Romanian carpets from oltenia bear a wide variety of motifs prominent among them horses and riders roosters dolls cuckoos stags and other various symbols.

This traditional handwoven romanian bessarabian rug has an overall beige field of four by five delicate stylized floral bouquets in a subtle paired stripe border. This is particularly true of romania where the word for carpet is scoarta. 6 x 9 hand knotted romanian faraghan traditional wool oriental area rug beige. The most common romanian rugs material is wool.

Well you re in luck because here they come. Hemp or cotton is used for the warp and wool for the weft painted in a few predominant colors usually deep blue pastel green yellow burgundy red. Romanian rug makers use the kilim technique. Very rare and beautiful antique apron.

Free shipping on many items browse your favorite. In the past wall carpets produced by weavers in communities of romania and the republic of moldova were used not only as decorative features and sources of insulation but also as part of a bride s dowry. These romanian rugs that are usually refereed to as bessarabian kilim rugs were traditionally made as gifts for family members and were often passed down through generations. Made in 3 main regional traditions oltenia moldova and maramures these rugs represent a beautiful.

Antique bessarabian romanian traditional carpet kilim two sided wool rug traditional eastern european kilim rug code 100. The turkish word kilim denotes a pileless textile produced by a flat weaving technique.