Traditional Romanian Carpets

Traditional romanian woven carpets and rugs with colorful motifs in suceava county bucovina.

Traditional romanian carpets.

Each of our romanian traditional rugs can be considered an original creation with vegetal and animal motifs combined with old traditional geometrical patterns of flat weave rugs from the south oltenia region. Romanian rugs use cotton or woolen foundations except for moldova rugs that use mercerized cotton. This traditional handwoven romanian bessarabian rug has an overall beige field of four by five delicate stylized floral bouquets in a subtle paired stripe border. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about romanian rugs.

Category late 19th century bessarabian antique romanian rugs and carpets. The most common romanian rugs material is wool. When romania produces a rug it is given a grade which is named after a town river or mountain. Irene on nov 21 2019 5 out of 5 stars.

Romanian carpets from oltenia bear a wide variety of motifs prominent among them horses and riders roosters dolls cuckoos stags and other various symbols. Well you re in luck because here they come. In the past wall carpets produced by weavers in communities of romania and the republic of moldova were used not only as decorative features and sources of insulation but also as part of a bride s dowry. 6 x 9 hand knotted romanian faraghan traditional wool oriental area rug beige.

Free shipping on many items browse your favorite. These romanian rugs that are usually refereed to as bessarabian kilim rugs were traditionally made as gifts for family members and were often passed down through generations. Although this name has nothing to do with the actual location that the rug was produced all grades are produced in the traditional persian design. Certain patterns also indicated where the weaver was from.

Most of the romanian traditional rugs are flat weave kilims probably influenced centuries ago by the ottoman s techniques. Romanian rug makers use the kilim technique. The turkish word kilim denotes a pileless textile produced by a flat weaving technique. Very rare and beautiful antique apron.

There are 511 romanian rugs for sale on etsy and they cost 389 11 on average. The most popular color. Romanian 9x12 oriental area rug wool rust navy blue very. Fast delivery lots of background information.

This is particularly true of romania where the word for carpet is scoarta. Hemp or cotton is used for the warp and wool for the weft painted in a few predominant colors usually deep blue pastel green yellow burgundy red.