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Tabis Rugs -Indian Handmade Carpets

Indian Carpets Are Renowned The World Over For Their Exquisite Designs, Subtle Elegance, Attractive Colours And Workmanship. The Magnificence Of Indian Carpet Weaving And The Intricate Patterns That Have Emerged From It Have Substantially Increased India’s Carpet Exports And Placed It Prominently In The International Carpet Map.

Carpet Weaving Was Brought To India By The Great Mughal Emperor Akbar In The 16th Century. Some Of The Most Exclusive Carpets Were Created During The Mughal Reign, Each Carpet Unlike The Other But Infused With A Common Magic Of Colours And Design.

Carpet weaving in Bhadohi-Mirzapur region dates back to the 16th century, during the reign of Mughal Emperor, Akbar and is believed to have established when centuries ago, some Iranian master weavers stopped at Madhosingh village, near Khamaria, in Bhadohi while travelling in India, and subsequently set up looms here.

SHEEP TO SHIPMENT

INFUSING COLOUR

Colours Fascinate. And When They Are Blended With Material And Designs, They Acquire A Radiance That Is Alive. Indian Carpets Are Renowned For Their Exotic Colours.

At The Beginning Of The 20th Century, Nature Was The Most Important Source Of Perfect Dyes And Subtle And Attractive Colours.

Madder, Which Grows Almost Everywhere, Was The Most Important Colourant Of Vegetable Origin. Its Root Provided The Whole Range Of Pinks And Reds And With The Green From The Grass And Brown From The Kiker Tree.

This Gave The Weaver A Wide Choice. Nowadays, All Types Of Natural Dyes Are Used.

DESIGNING EXELLENCE

Pattern In A Carpet Is As Much An Integral Part Of The Carpet As Colouring. The Indian Carpet Weaver Freed Carpets From The Limitation Of Space, Repeated Intricate And Infinite Patterns In An Ordered Symmetry And Wove Abstract Symbols Into Dense Ornamentation.

The Figurative Was Combined With The Geometric And Floral With The Arabesque. The Usual Procedure Adopted By The Weaver Is To Draw His Designs And Transfer Them To Graph Paper On Which Each Square Represents A Single Knot.

WEAVING THE MAGIC OF CREATIVITY

The Loom Gives Shape To The Carpet-Weaver’s Creative Expressions.
One Of The Most Commonly Used Loom In India Is The Roller-Beam Loom. The Simplest Of These Looms Has Two Horizontal Wooden Beans Between Which The Wrap Threads Are Stretched, The One Beam In Front Of The Weaver, The Other Is Behind The First. As The Knotting Proceeds, The Carpet Is Rolled To The Back Of The Loom. The Weaver Begins By Weaving A Selvedge And Several Shoots Of Weft Are Passed To Form A Narrow Band To Secure The Knots At The End Of The Carpet.

The Indian Carpet Weaver Uses The Asymmetrical Or Persian Knot Which Is Tied With A Strand Of Yarn Around Two Adjacent Warp Threads, Leaving Some Threads Free At Either Side For The Lateral Selvedges. Each Knot Is Separated From Its Neighbour By A Loop That Is Cut After The Next Shoot Of Weft. This Knot Is Also Called The ‘Two-Handed Knot’ As It Can Be Executed Both From Right To Left And From Left To Right. The Process Is More Widespread As It Is More Rapid.

HANDKNOTTED - PERSIAN KNOT

HANDKNOTTED - TIBETAN KNOT

DHURRIE / FLAT WEAVE / KILIM

HANDLOOM / LOOM-KNOTTED

WASHING

Washing Of A Carpet Is Done To Bring Sheen And Lustre, Therefore, It Is As Important As Colouring, Designing And Weaving. This Is The Final Stage Of Carpet Weaving And Hence Requires A Lot Of Careful Handling.

Washing Is Done With Water Mixed With Soap, Bleaching Powder And Other Natural Chemicals. After Washing, The Carpet Is Kept In The Sunlight For Drying And Then It Is Sent For Clipping.

CLIPPING

The Final Appearance Of A Carpet Comes After Clipping And Chemical Finishing. The Art Of Clipping Reflects On The Emboss Like Finish In The Final Carpet.
Finishing Is A Meticulous Process Which Requires Skillful Craftsmanship And Is Done Piece By Piece In Handmade Carpets.

STICTHING

BINDING

PRINTING

Before Printing any Carpet, Handmade Carpet is prepared with its base colour. No. of Design with different colours decides the No. of Printing Frame would be made for Printing the Carpet. After Frame is prepared, we make the colours need to be applied. A Manual process of applying colour with soft foam is done on the Carpet and after all designs printed, left for drying. A 5X8 size Carpet absorb 6-8 litre of water if Maximum parts of the Carpet is to be Printed.