Knotted-pile carpet
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A knotted-pile carpet is a carpet containing raised surfaces, or piles, from the cut off ends of knots woven between the warp and weft. The Ghiordes/Turkish knot and the Senneh/Persian knot, typical o
Ghiordes knot
Senneh knot
Knotted carpet with colorful wave-like motifs from Yanghai (Subeshi culture) were dated to 700 BCE, and are now the oldest known knotted carpet in the world, before the 4th century BCE Pazyryk carpets. Turpan Museum.
Decorated knotted-pile carpet from Pazyryk-5. 4th century BCE.
Pazyryk burials
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The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley and the Ukok plateau in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, south of the modern city of Novosibirsk, Russia; the site
Knotted-pile carpet
…and are now the oldest known knotted carpet in the world, before the 4th century BCE Pazyryk carpets. Turpan Museum. Decorated knotted-pile carpet from Pazyryk-5. 4th century BCE. The Ghiordes knot, symmetrical knot or Turkish knot is one of the two most-used knots employed in knotted-pile carpets. In the Ghiordes…
Pazyryk burial from Baga Türgen River site: a man in a wooden coffin, next to his horse. Bayan-Ölgii, Western Mongolia.
Decorated tapestry with seated goddess Tabiti and rider, Pazyryk Kurgan 5, Altai, Southern Russia c. 241 BCE.
Pazyryk barrows
Deer mask for a Pazyryk horse (Tomb 1).