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Rugs weaving has long traditions in Turkey. Turkish Rugs are of excellent quality and design and are rivalled only by Persian Rugs. If you want you can look at the Rugs weaving tradition among the peoples of Turkey and Central Asia: how the Rugs are made, what determines their value, and some of the historical and cultural context within which this folk art has blossomed.
Rugs are one of the traditional handcraft heritages in Turkey. Turkish Rugs and kilims are famous and early samples were discovered in between the findings of BC 3 and 5 centuries. The high decorative structure, smooth harmony, refinement of drawing, exquisite coloring of the Rugs effect people feelings and they have been used all the time. The motifs of Rugs are mostly not only decorative symbols, they have meaning. Traditional Turkish Rugs is like a message board expressing the feelings, historical records, loves, fears, religion rules and histories. They mainly consist of symbols of natural habitats in character forms. Mostly they have even sign of Turkish people who produce them as a symbol.
Panama Orchids, Capel's new line of hand knotted rugs from India, is featured in the October 13, 2003 issue of InFurniture .
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