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Period rugs and carpets.

 

NOTE: See also the files: tapestries-msg, decor-sources-msg, piled-fabrics-msg, looms-msg, textiles-msg.

 

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   Mark S. Harris                  AKA:  THLord Stefan li Rous

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:23:18 -0700

From: "Jennifer Hill" <jhill at elko.net>

To: <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>

Subject: Re: Rug construction

 

Dear Lady Deirdre:  The one book that is the standard is: An Illustrated

Guide to Making Oriental Rugs by Gordon W. Scott, Pacific Search Press,

copyright 1984.

It explains how to make & set up a proper rug loom & what tools are

necessary & how to use them.

 

For patterns one may wish to look at a needlepoint book

Oriental Carpets in Miniature by Frank M. Cooper, c 1994, Interweave Press.

These are actual Oriental Carpet patterns reduced for use in needlepoint.

 

Someday, I hope to make a Rug - yes, that is a rug w/ a capital R!!  When

one is lucky to make an inch or two a day, I think it qualifies. <G>

 

Additionally, one of the issues of Weaver's has an article on a very

accomplished lady who makes Oriental Rugs.  I don't recall which issue it is

in & I sold my library when I sold the loom - bad move!  However, the

Complex Weavers association/group has an extensive library.  It would be

worth joining just to have access to the library.  Gwen

 

Good luck. Gwen

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Lady Deirdre" <deirdre1114 at hotmail.com>

> I am the Minister of Arts and Sciences for my canton, and a while back I

> someone asked me if I knew of any sources for Middle Eastern rug

> construction. If anyone has any information about this subject and could

> point me to any useful links, books, etc. that I could forward on to him I

> would appreciate it. Thank you very much!

> Lady Deirdre ingen Muiredach

> mka Abby Carr

> Minister of Arts & Sciences

> Canton of Elvegast

 

 

Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 11:48:46 -0700

From: "Jennifer Hill" <jhill at elko.net>

To: <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>

Subject: on line oriental rug course

 

http://www.a2zcarpet.com/course/index.htm

 

There is a free demo for the course, but to take the whole course, one must

pay the fee.  It looks thorough & well thought out. Gwen

 

Gwen verch Rhys of Gwynedd,  the fumble-fingered

 

 

From: "Rowanwald Central" <rowanwald at sybercom.net>

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Arraiolos Rugs

Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:30:19 -0400

 

   I'm trying to find examples of Arraiolos rugs from the 16th or 17th

century and am coming up against a wall. I think I may be too far "out of

the loop" to know _where_ to look.

 

   According to "Portuguese Needlework Rugs" by Patricia Stone, these rugs

date to our period of study and are quick and easy to create. I'd like to

find sufficient documentation to justify encouraging artisans to begin

crafting them - they're beautiful and transportable and have the advantage

of being easy enough to craft that a person can make one for their pavilion

in record time - but I can't find anything beyond Ms. Stone's book on the

subject, except for kits and later pieces offered by antique dealers. I

don't want to introduce another craft that is "documentably marginal". I

have ILL requests out for the books she cites in her bibliography, but can't

believe that there's nothing archived on the Internet about the subject.

 

Rosine

 

 

From: Charlene Charette <charlene at flash.net>

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: Arraiolos Rugs

Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 07:04:14 GMT

 

Rowanwald Central wrote:

>    I'm trying to find examples of Arraiolos rugs from the 16th or 17th

> century and am coming up against a wall. I think I may be too far "out of

> the loop" to know _where_ to look.

 

New Stitches magazine had an article on them awhile ago (within the last

2 years?).  You might contact them to see what information they can

provide. They're very helpful.

 

--Perronnelle

 

 

From: ekscholar at aol.com (EKScholar)

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Date: 10 Apr 2001 20:43:10 GMT

Subject: Re: Arraiolos Rugs

 

Oh. You found that book too?

 

1) the stitch (long armed cross stitch) is documentable.  Someone correct me,

but I believe it's in "Traditional Icelandic Embroidery" by Else Gudjonsson

(sp?) as pre-Reformation in Iceland, which makes it 16th century or earlier.

It was used in altar frontals (sometimes re-made from bed valances).

I can't give any further specifics because my copy of the book is currently

being digested by the House.  

 

You might not be able to find anything in the books in her bibliography, but I

can suggest the following:

 

"Designs for Needlepoint and Latch Hook Rugs" by Dorothy Kaestner.  One of the

designs is for a rug copied from "Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Musem of

Art" by M. S. Dimand & Jean Mailey.  The original dates to the first quarter of

the 17th century.  I don't know if the original was tufted, woven or

embroidered, but the motifs should be near period.  I would recommend against

making the full rug listed.

 

"Color Treasury of Rugs & Tapestries from East and West" (Crescent books, no

author) does not have any patterns, but there are numerous color plates, with

sufficent detail to chart from.

 

Best of luck.

 

richild la gauchere

(not a laurel)

 

 

From: "ruadh" <ruadh at home.com>

Newsgroups: rec.org.sca

Subject: Re: Foltaki Rug...was: Arraiolos Rugs

Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:50:29 GMT

 

"Faireday" <faireday at aol.com> wrote

> If you have any sucess finding the info, please share it.  I would love to

> learn to make period rugs.  

> Mariot

 

Not hard to make, my flotaki is now ~29 yrs old. I made it while living in

Rhodos, Greece. In period time, it would have been part of the "measure of a

person's worth".  This one is 1.5m x 2m in size and about 5 Kg and green;

its been camping for most of those years [ floor of tent, bed pad, cover

over . . etc] . Spinning the yarns needs to be very fuzzy to create the

felted back side that protects the tabby weave [~10 tpi] of the rug base.

Tying on the "Shag" is with the knot still so common with oriental rug [ or

fake it with latch hook style]. The shag spacing should be about one index

finger, and length = the height of a fist. Period processing after assembly,

is to raise the nap [ use wire brush] and hand rub a solid felting on the

back side [use the fuzz of the weave].  Then put into moving water and let

that action "full" the shag material. A short water fall is what I used.

It looks likes a sheep skin fleece when freshly cleaned. Could this have

been the real "Golden Fleece" of Greek early history ? Its strong enough !

 

O'Gaul-lee

 

 

Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:13:22 -0500

From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>

To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>

Subject: [Sca-cooks] Threads on canvas

 

The latest issue of the Saudi Aramco World magazine arrived today.

 

It contains an interesting article titled Threads on Canvas which examines

the use of Oriental carpets in 16th century artworks by artists such

as Holbein.

 

The article contains information and images of table carpets which  

people might find interesting.

 

The article is online at:

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201001/threads.on.canvas.htm

 

Johnnae

 

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