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Kilims, Soumaks, & Dhurries– Bradford's Rug Gallery

By A Mystery Man Writer

What is a flat-weave? In the most basic terms a flat-woven rug is created with the use of a loom to interlace two sets of threads, the lengthwise warps and widthwise wefts, thus producing a flat surface with no pile. "The interlacing of strands to create a textile evolved from the simplest finger-plaiting to the fixi
What is a flat-weave? In the most basic terms a flat-woven rug is created with the use of a loom to interlace two sets of threads, the lengthwise warps and widthwise wefts, thus producing a flat surface with no pile. The interlacing of strands to create a textile evolved from the simplest finger-plaiting to the fixing of warps on a loom making possible the efficient and rapid construction of tightly woven cloth The oldest illustration of a loom is on the side of an Egyptian bowl of c.4000 BC, but most probably the loom developed with