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.

When romania produces a rug it is given a grade which is named after a town river or mountain. Romanian carpets from oltenia bear a wide variety of motifs prominent among them horses and riders roosters dolls cuckoos stags and other various symbols. There are 511 romanian rugs for sale on etsy and they cost 389 11 on average. Very rare and beautiful antique apron.

6 x 9 hand knotted romanian faraghan traditional wool oriental area rug beige. The turkish word kilim denotes a pileless textile produced by a flat weaving technique. 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. 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.

A variety of techniques were needed to produce the pieces with impressive motifs. Each of our romanian traditional rugs can be considered an original creation with vegetal and animal motifs combined with old traditional geometrical patterns of flat weave rugs from the south oltenia region. Fast delivery lots of background information. Irene on nov 21 2019 5 out of 5 stars.

Romanian rugs use cotton or woolen foundations except for moldova rugs that use mercerized cotton. 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. Romanian rug makers use the kilim technique. This is particularly true of romania where the word for carpet is scoarta.

Category late 19th century bessarabian antique romanian rugs and carpets. Although this name has nothing to do with the actual location that the rug was produced all grades are produced in the traditional persian design. Made in 3 main regional traditions oltenia moldova and maramures these rugs represent a beautiful. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about romanian rugs.

The most popular color. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite. Certain patterns also indicated where the weaver was from. The most common romanian rugs material is wool.

Traditional romanian woven carpets and rugs with colorful motifs in suceava county bucovina. Antique bessarabian romanian traditional carpet kilim two sided wool rug traditional eastern european kilim rug code 100.