Carpet-Info

A carpet is a floor covering. Its production dates back to the same period as the first production of clothing. Until the 18^th century, it was used for wall covering in Europe. The expression "carpet" derives from Armenian “karpet”, "kar” meaning a “knot" or "stitch” Oftentimes, the expression “carpet” is used interchangeably with the expression “rug”. The hand-knotted carpets probably originated in the southern Central Asia between the 3^rd  and 2^nd  millennium BC. The earliest surviving carpet in the world is called the "Pazyryk Carpet", dating from the 500 years BC. It was found in 1949 from a Siberian burial ground where it had been preserved in ice in the valley of Pazyryk.

The evidence of goats and sheep being sheared for wool and hair which was spun and woven as far back at 6000 years BC.

An  oriental carpet is a hand-made carpet, that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile. Oriental rugs made by machine, by hand-tufting or any other way than hand-knotting or hand-weaving are not considered as oriental rugs.

These carpets normally come from China and Vietnam to Turkey, Maghreb countries, Iran and India. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs.

Oriental carpets appeared in Europe in the 11^th century. Until the 18^th century, exept in the royal settings, they were mostly used to cover walls and tables because they were considered too precious to cover the floor.

The oriental carpet began to appear in the 13^th century in paintings notably from Italy, Flanders, England, France, and the Netherlands. Carpets of Indo-Persian design were introduced to Europe via the Dutch, British, and French East India Companies in the 17^th and 18^th century.

A red carpet is traditionally used to mark the route taken by head of states on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended to use by very important persons and celibrities at formal events.

The carpet seal

Whith the seal gets the consumer information about the durability and the confort of the carpet. The seal contains a bar chart, which indicate the period of durability and the confort in four gradings.

The carpet must be depending on the field of the application as well as on the demands. The signs in the carpet seal gives information about it, whether the carpet for exemple is suited to the floor heating or to the weelchair or to the humidity.

Suited to weelchair

Suited to stairs

Suited to humidity

suited to floor heating

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