Pazyryk Carpet Museum

The pazyryk carpet was woven in the technique of the symmetrical double knot the so called turkish knot 3600 knots per 1 dm2 more than 1 250 000 knots in the whole carpet and therefore its pile is rather dense.
Pazyryk carpet museum. To our knowledge it is the oldest piled rug still in existence and is housed at st. The museum s website description of this ancient rug is as follows. Petersburg russia and wherever it was produced remains as one of the most beautiful and. The pazyryk rug is one of the oldest carpets in the world dating around 5th c.
The pazyryk carpet was excavated in 1949 from the grave of a scythian nobleman in the pazyryk valley of the altai mountains in siberia radiocarbon testing indicated that the pazyryk carpet was woven in the 5th century bc. Read another story from us. The exact origin of this unique carpet is unknown. The advanced technique used in the pazyryk carpet indicates a.
Its decoration is rich and varied. The pazyryk carpet was manufactured in ancient armenia or persia around 400 bc. Bc now in the hermitage museum in st. When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice which is why it is so well preserved.
So the two nations have a clash over the origin and ownership of the pazyryk carpet. The carpet can be seen at the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russia. Petersburg russia the pazyryk rug was found in 1949 in the grave of a scythian nobleman in the bolshoy ulagan dry valley of the altai mountains in kazakhstan the pazyrk rug had been frozen in the ice and it was very well preserved. Architect transforms ww1 era concrete factory into а truly unique home today the carpet is displayed at the hermitage museum in st.
The central field is occupied by 24 cross shaped figures each.