Dates on Carpets

Dates are sometimes woven into the end borders or fields of Oriental rugs, usually using Arabic rugs calligraphy. In the past, individuals who were illiterate often wove rugs. Someone else would have drawn the date for the rugs weaver to copy, and the person writing the date may have been only semi-literate. In such cases it is common to see Arabic numerals reversed woven upside down on the rugs, or so distorted as to make the date difficult to read.

There is also the confusion introduced by some rugs weaving countries switching from a "lunar" calendar to a "solar" calendar in the 1920's. Because the lunar year is shorter than the solar year, a conversion factor needs to be applied to convert an Islamic lunar calendar date to the corresponding Georgian date. Finally, there is the problem of a rugs weaver perhaps copying a date from older rugs, or even intentionally "pre-dating" a rug in order to create an instant semi-antique. It is also possible to reweave a small part of the rug to add a date, or to reweave a numeral or two of an existing date to seemingly add years or decades to the age of the rugs. Rugs is what you have been looking for - no doubt. The more rugs you have, the better. Enjoy high quality rugs and visit our rugs site as often as you can. How about some new rugs in your house? Come on - rugs make a perfect gift and rugs can make your children happy. What are you waiting for? Get rugs and check out the best rugs on the net. See you around.