Ottoman Empire Carpet Weaving
Ottoman carpets carpet weaving is the traditional art of turks and the development of the arts linked to the turks since its inception with early woven fragments discovered in central asia.
Ottoman empire carpet weaving. Weavers in the ottoman empire produced beautiful woven carpets and rugs some of pile or knots tied to a backing that are then looped or tufted to create a plush carpet and others of a flat. The knotted rug appears to have spread from central asia westwards through persia and anatolia with growing turkish empires. Any textile sold was a part of the empire s treasury which. The art of carpet weaving was particularly significant in the ottoman empire carpets having an immense importance both as decorative furnishings rich in religious and other symbolism and as a practical consideration as it was customary to remove one s shoes in living quarters.
While turkey was the ottoman empire 1299 through 1922 textiles were an important part of their economy and a feature of the nobility.