Rug

Question 1

What is a single piece of compact, woven, knitted, or tufted fabric intended as a floor covering, meant to cover only a portion of the floor area and not the whole floor?

Answer 1

Rug

Question 2

What classification of a rug is 100 years or more?

Answer 2

Antique

Question 3

What classification of a rug is 50-100 years old?

Answer 3

Semi-Antique or Old

Question 4

What are the parallel strings stretched from loom beam to loom beam upon which rows are tied, acting as the stationary threads on a loom and the strongest part of the rug?

Answer 4

Warps

Question 5

What are the filling yarns that are woven through the warp, helping hold rows of knots in place and strengthening the structure of the rug?

Answer 5

Wefts

Question 6

What is the surface yarn that makes up the face of the rug?

Answer 6

Pile

Question 7

What are tied by looping yarn around pairs of warps and cutting off the standing end?

Answer 7

Knots

Question 8

What holds knots and wefts from working off the rug’s warp strings?

Answer 8

Edge Bindings

Question 9

What is formed by gathering and knotting together bundles of warp strings at both ends of the rug after it has been cut from the loom?

Answer 9

Fringes

Question 10

What value of Oriental rugs depends entirely on the durability of the fabric as a floor covering?

Answer 10

Utility Value

Question 11

What value of Oriental rugs depends upon the color and design rather than the texture?

Answer 11

Art Value

Question 12

What value of Oriental rugs depends upon the rarity of the art value?

Answer 12

Collector’s Value

Question 13

What is the background of the rug inside the borders?

Answer 13

Field

Question 14

What is a round, oval, or polygonal design element that occupies the center of the field?

Answer 14

Medallion

Question 15

What is the widest decorative design around the outside of the rug?

Answer 15

Main Border

Question 16

What are the narrow decorative designs flanking the main border?

Answer 16

Guard Border

Question 17

What are the designs that fill the corners of the field?

Answer 17

Corner Bracket

Question 18

What rug weaving method bears a close resemblance to hand-knotted rugs but is machine-made?

Answer 18

Machine Woven

Question 19

What rug weaving method is known to be the most expensive as two looms are required?

Answer 19

Chenille

Question 20

What rug weaving methods are done by hand?

Answer 20

• Braided - Crocheted - Embroidered - Hand Hooked - Hand Tufted - Hand Knotted

Question 21

What rug weaving method involves pushing a hooking tool through the foundation cloth to the front of the rug and then pulling the yarn to the back, leaving a loop on the surface?

Answer 21

Hand Hooked

Question 22

What rug weaving method involves a manually operated hand-tufting gun pushing the yarn through the back of the cloth, then cutting the ends of the tuft?

Answer 22

Hand Tufted

Question 23

What rug weaving method is known as the best kind of rug construction, where each knot is individually tied by hand?

Answer 23

Hand Knotted

Question 24

What hand-knotted type is an asymmetric knot invented by Persians, also called the Sehna knot?

Answer 24

Persian Knot

Question 25

What hand-knotted type has a symmetrical structure, also called the Ghiordes knot?

Answer 25

Turkish Knot

Question 26

What hand-knotted type is woven without knots and constructed without a pile, where the weft yarns are woven through the warps to create the pattern?

Answer 26

Flat Weave

Question 27

What type of Oriental rug design is woven in Turkey and consists of tribal and primitive village designs from Persia?

Answer 27

Geometric Rugs

Question 28

What type of Oriental rug design is made by educated urban people like philosophers, poets, and leaders in Oriental art, featuring intricate flowing patterns?

Answer 28

Floral Rugs

Question 29

What type of Oriental rug is made by townspeople who weave during winter months, with designs that tend to be repetitive and stylized?

Answer 29

Conventional Rugs

Question 30

What type of Oriental rug generally has delicately colored all-over patterns of flowers, vines, or leaves starting from a center medallion and almost completely covering the field?

Answer 30

Persian Rug

Question 31

What type of Oriental rug is characterized by brilliant colors and a naturalistic style, decorated with motifs of flowers, vines, and animals?

Answer 31

Indian Rug

Question 32

What type of Oriental rug is closely woven with short firm piles in predominantly red backgrounds, featuring squares, diamonds, octagons, and angular motifs?

Answer 32

Turkoman Rug

Question 33

What type of Oriental rug is small with strong contrasting colors, woven by nomadic tribes with geometric designs incorporating stylized people and animals?

Answer 33

Caucasian Rug

Question 34

What type of Oriental rug is sometimes called Asia-Minor, woven in both geometric and floral designs, but with smaller patterns and brighter colors than Turkoman or Caucasian?

Answer 34

Turkish Rug

Question 35

What type of Oriental rug is recognizable by soft ground colors like yellow, rose, salmon-red, beige, and browns, with patterns often in a single blue color featuring Chinese religious symbols?

Answer 35

Chinese Rug

Question 36

What type of handmade area rug is a colorful handwoven rug, also known as Navajo, featuring primitive geometric patterns, stripes, and borders in a flat weave?

Answer 36

American Indian

Question 37

What type of handmade area rug was handmade by Americans in the 18th century, consisting of fabric scraps braided and sewn together into colorful round or oval rugs?

Answer 37

Braided Rugs

Question 38

What type of handmade area rug is a coarse, heavy rug originally meant as a bedspread, hand-loomed by peasants in Alpujira, Spain, featuring bold designs in 2-10 colors?

Answer 38

Alpujira

Question 39

What type of handmade area rug is a Portuguese hand-embroidered accent rug made in either bright or pastel colors?

Answer 39

Arraiolo

Question 40

What type of handmade area rug is named after a French town, made of wool, linen, and cotton, with a weave resembling needlepoint and a field in pale cream color with floral designs in pastel shades?

Answer 40

Aubusson

Question 41

What type of handmade area rug is a Tibetan reversible rug, with old versions featuring bold geometric designs in bright colors and modern ones having subdued patterns and colors?

Answer 41

Dhurrie

Question 42

What type of handmade area rug is a shaggy, solid-colored wool rug made in Greece?

Answer 42

Flokati

Question 43

What type of handmade area rug is handwoven with all-over geometric patterns and a center motif, using strong red or blue colors for durability?

Answer 43

Kilim, Kelem, or Kelim

Question 44

What type of handmade area rug is handwoven with a thick shaggy pile and fringed edges, characterized by dominant geometric patterns with strong contrasting colors like black, rust-brown, white, and orange on red grounds?

Answer 44

Moroccan

Question 45

What type of handmade area rug is a tapestry-stitch embroidery worked with wool yarns on a canvas mesh backing, where the tightness of the backing determines the tightness of the needlepoint?

Answer 45

Needlework or Gros-point

Question 46

What type of handmade area rug is a Scandinavian hand-knotted shaggy rug with alternating short and long piles in abstract or contemporary peasant designs?

Answer 46

Rya

Question 47

What type of handmade area rug is a handwoven rug with a high pile in pastel colors, featuring floral and scroll patterns, originally designed for 18th-19th century houses and palaces in Paris?

Answer 47

Savonnerie

Question 48

What type of handmade area rug is made from a grass-like product that is twisted into strands and sewn into squares, suitable for contemporary settings?

Answer 48

Sisal