Carpet manufactured in wide widths (typically 12 or 15 feet) on a broad loom. Refers to wall-to-wall carpeting as opposed to carpet tiles or area rugs.
The modern method behind most woven Wilton carpet: two carpets are woven simultaneously as a sandwich, connected by shared pile yarns, then a traveling blade slices the sandwich apart into two identical cut-pile carpets. The technique doubles loom output and explains why the pile of a face-to-face Wilton is always cut — the loops never existed as loops, but as bridges between the two carpets.
The machine used to weave carpets by interlacing warp (vertical) and weft (horizontal) threads. Traditional carpet looms include Wilton, Axminster, and Jacquard looms, each producing different types of woven carpets with distinct characteristics and capabilities.
Carpets woven by nomadic tribes across the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa. These rugs are characterized by bold geometric designs, tribal symbols, and portable loom construction. Unlike city or workshop rugs, nomadic rugs often feature asymmetry, color variations, and designs passed down through generations without written patterns.
A coded script used in Kashmir and Persia to record carpet designs as compact symbols indicating the number of knots and their colors. In traditional workshops a talim reader chants the code line by line — almost like a song — while several weavers knot in unison, allowing one design to be reproduced precisely across looms and generations without the weavers ever seeing a drawing.
A type of woven carpet made on a Wilton loom, known for its dense construction and ability to create intricate patterns. Often considered higher quality than tufted carpets.