It is generally the most expensive carpet fiber and is commonly used in woven carpets.

Noted for its gloss and sheen with natural resistance to soiling. Not as white as New Zealand wool.

A strong and flexible hair-like fiber from coconut shells.

It is one of the first synthetic fibers to be used successfully in the production of carpet. It is highly resistant to sunlight, stains, and mildew.

Also known as a carpet pad, quality carpets used cotton mesh cloth for this.

A traditional way of making carpet on a loom.

It is one of the most important, and often most misunderstood, factors of carpet construction.

Measurement of weight in grams of a standard 9,000-meter length of yarn.

It is the texture between cut pile plush and cut pile shag.

The surface is made of different pile heights, all uncut loops.

It is a process of actually weaving a design into a low level rather than shearing down the carpet.

A process whereby different colors are printed along the length of the yarn before it is manufactured into carpet, with different color baths for each of the yarns.

Opposite of differential dyeing. It produces no discernible pattern and is used for shading only.

Employs embossed cylinders to deposit the design on the face of the carpet.

These are made by needlepunching natural fiber, synthetic fiber, or a combination of the two, into a felt-like pad.

The most common method of commercial carpet installation. It is economical and practical. The carpet is glued directly to the floor without a cushion.

It is a handmade carpet that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile.

A classification of a rug. Aged between 50 and 100 years old.

The value of oriental rugs depends upon the color and design rather than upon the texture.

These are tied by looping yarn around pairs of warps and cutting off the standing end.

It is the round, oval, or polygonal design element that sometimes occupies the center of the field.

It is known to be the most expensive rug-weaving method, as 2 loom operations are required. It originated in Glasgow, Scotland, and was patented in 1839.

It is an asymmetric knot invented by the people who developed the art of rug making.

Made by townspeople who make their living weaving during the winter months.

Generally have a delicately colored all-over pattern of flowers, vines, or leaves, which start from a center medallion and almost completely cover the background color.

A hand-woven pile rug of coarse quality characterized by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of color and playfulness with geometry.

A Tibetan carpet of Kelim weave. It is a flat-woven and reversible rug. Old rugs were made by nomadic people.

Scandinavian rugs of hand-knotted shaggy weave with alternating short and long pile.