Islamic Carpet Facts

Islamic art in antique rugs.

Islamic carpet facts.

Carpet weaving is the most iconic islamic art form to come out of islamic societies. Ottoman carpets ve iranian and egyptian rugs. In islam it placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of islamic prayer these involve prostration and sitting on the ground a muslim must perform wudu ablution before prayer and must pray in a clean place. Islamic artists also worked with glass and metal.

Geometric motif of anatolian carpet was no longer used. The most important textile produced in medieval and early modern islamic empires was the carpet. Interesting facts about art in the islamic golden age. The art of carpet weaving was particularly important in the ottoman empire.

No islamic artistic product has become better known outside the islamic world than the pile carpet more commonly referred to as the oriental carpet oriental rug their versatility is utilized in everyday islamic and muslim life from floor coverings to architectural enrichment from cushions to bolsters to bags and sacks of all shapes and sizes and to religious objects such as a prayer rug. Weapons used in battle were sometimes decorated with patterns or calligraphy. During the rule of selim i when tabriz in 1515 and cairo in 1517 was captured by ottomans motifs of turkish carpet changed significantly. The style and patterns used in islamic art spread throughout much of the world as the islamic empire expanded.

This extraordinary tradition is most famous for producing the pile carpet also known as the oriental carpet. 1587 1629 program for restructuring the economy and attracting european merchants to the country. In iran the carpet and textile industries formed part of shah abbas r. A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric sometimes a pile carpet used by muslims and some christians during prayer.

Carpet masters from cairo and persian influence due to tabriz turkish carpets started to be adorned with complicated motifs. Within the islamic world especially fine specimens were collected in royal households.