HEREKE SILK CARPET

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Material: 100% Silk Style: Handmade Pattern: Hereke Design: Turkish Ottoman Technics: Hand Knotted Use: Home, Hotel, Bedroom, Prayer, Decorative Size: Seccade-Yatak-Kelle Place of Origin: Turkey Brand Name: TURKISH HANDMADE WOOL CARPET

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THE HISTORY OF TURKISH CARPET
Carpet-making was initiated in Central Asia by Turks during the 5 th and 6 th centuries B.C. The oldest handmade carpet known was discovered by a Russian Archaeologist under the ice-covered land in Siberia and pieces of this carpet are now preserved at the Leningrad Museum. These carpets were hand knotted and the Turkish or the Gordes knot was used.

During the subsequent period, Turkish started to migrate to the west because of a drought which occurred in Central Asia.The Turkish Tribes migrating to the west followed two paths, one to the north and the other to the south of the Caspian Sea. Those who chose the southern track, settled on the lands called "Anatolia" and started establishing states, finally laying the foundation of the present Turkish State.
Due to migration, no development was observed in the art of carpet weaving between the 5 th and 11 th centuries.

However, at the outset of the 12 th century, Turkish carpet-weaving began to develop and beautiful carpets like Konya, Sivas and Kayseri were manufactured at that time, as recorded in the journal of Marco Polo who travelled through Anatolia during the years 1271-1272 (A.D)

In the 14 th and 15 th centuries, during the Seljuk era, in Anatolia, carpemaking enjoyed the most brilliant period.

In the 16 th and 17 th centuries, during the Ottoman era, however, this art reached its golden age. The best carpets of that era, were woven in Gordes, Kula, Usak, Bergama, Simav and Izmir.

In those days ald women combed and spun wool, the men did the dyeing and the young girls, until they got married, knotted carpets in painstaking efforts for their fiances and for decorating their future homes. The number and the beauty of carpets knotted by them reflected their tastes and womanhood.The art of carpet-making which is presently being practiced in various regions of Anatolia dates back to Central Asia. The Turkish carpets which are being developed every day have, so far, been decorating the homes of Europeans and Americans. Today these handicrafts will also be used by the Russians for the decoration of their homes.