27153- Royal Ushak Hand-Knotted/Handmade Indian Rug/Carpet Traditional/Authentic/Size: 8'0" x 2'8"/244cm x 81cm

27153- Royal Ushak Hand-Knotted/Handmade Indian Rug/Carpet Traditional/Authentic/Size: 8'0" x 2'8"/244cm x 81cmNR: 27153 Location: Royal Ushak Size: 8'0" x 2'8" 244cm x 81cm Country: India Pile: Wool Base: Cotton Details: Historically Ushaks were classified as Anatolian Rugs, Anatolian literally translating to land of the rising sun. Today scholars know much more about Oushaks and are able to classify them as such. Anatolian is used as a last resort when a more specific identification cannot be found; at which point Anatolian refers to a carpet made in Turkey.

NR: 27153
Location: Royal Ushak
Size: 8'0" x 2'8"/244cm x 81cm
Country: India
Pile: Wool
Base: Cotton

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Historically Ushaks were classified as ‘Anatolian Rugs,’ Anatolian literally translating to ‘land of the rising sun.’ Today scholars know much more about Oushaks and are able to classify them as such. ‘Anatolian’ is used as a last resort when a more specific identification cannot be found; at which point ‘Anatolian’ refers to a carpet made in Turkey.

The level of international popularity attained by Uşak's carpets became such that the word "Ushak" is considered an English word of Turkic origin^[2]

After the 17th century, Ushaks (Ovshaks), development of Oushak rug weaving is less well known. Late 17th century saw a decline in the Oriental rug market as European consumers tended to purchase rugs of European origin – primarily Aubusson, Savonnerie and Axminster. The wane in the European market meant that Ovshak production declined. Those that were still made throughout the late 18th and early 19th centuries were manufactured for upper-class people in the Turkish territories on Eastern Europe.

Towards the end of the 19th century, when the European market began to be interested in Persian carpets once again, the Ushak (Ovshak) population did not have enough weavers still skilled in the traditional Ovshak craft. Manufactories had to turn to neighboring villages and their craftsmen who still maintained traditional techniques.

Ushak carpets, particularly those known as Lotto carpets, are among the later types of Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting, as they were imported by Europeans, where they adorned cathedrals, churches, and the homes of the wealthy and powerful.^[4]

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