Among European and American designers, the fashion for oriental carpets is reviving. However, now not only classic canvases are in trend, but also models with erased ornaments, 3D drawings, abstract images, stylized prints and a bold color palette. Such carpets give room for design ideas, make the room original and bright. We invite you to get acquainted with the features and types of elite designer canvases and options for their placement in the interior of residential premises.
Features of handmade designer carpets
Exclusive design is the main difference and the main feature of such carpets. Their style is the embodiment of the author’s wildest fantasies, so designer carpets are also called author’s. It was European designers who gave rise to the popular trends in carpet weaving today – Erased Classics (Erased Heritage), Abstraction, Minimalism.
The best materials. Any designer, thinking over the concept of a future product, carefully selects the performer and materials. As a rule, author’s carpets are made by special order at well-known manufactories or from eminent private craftsmen in Turkey, Iran, India. They are woven by hand from high quality materials:
- sheep wool (New Zealand, Tibetan or Iranian);
- goat or camel wool (added in small quantities to sheep’s wool to make the pile silky);
- Silk;
- natural and artificial leather;
- viscose or bamboo silk;
- flax, cotton or hemp fibers.
Unique technologies. To implement the author’s ideas, original methods of processing yarn and pile are used. Many technologies are developed by special order of the designer, and their features are kept by manufacturers in the strictest confidence. For example, to give the carpet a vintage look, a relief haircut or structural burning of the pile, chemical bleaching (blurring of paints) or uneven dyeing of threads are used. On some canvases, several technologies can be used at once.
TOP-5 collections of designer carpets
We bring to your attention 5 popular collections of handmade designer carpets woven at oriental manufactories by special order of the Ansy Carpet Company carpet gallery.
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- Erased classics is a designer line with a partially lost image in the classic Venetian or Spanish style. Most of the carpets in this collection are made of wool and silk, while some models are made of viscose and bamboo silk.
2. Artifact – a collection of artificially aged carpets, which, unlike the “Erased Classics”, are dominated by ancient ornaments, Arabic or Egyptian symbols.
3. Abstraction is a design collection with elements of avant-garde, impressionism and abstractionism. Intricate geometric shapes, blurred floral arrangements, abstract shapes of the night sky are the hallmarks of this line. Carpets with abstract designs look great in minimalist and modern interiors.
4. Milfleur – the author’s collection of carpets with floral ornaments, named after the French direction in painting of the 15th-16th centuries Milfleur (translated from French as “a thousand flowers”) – meant in the Middle Ages the French technique of filling the free background with wildflowers.
5. Versailles – carpets of this series are distinguished by luxurious patterns in the French style of the 18th century, made in the technique of erased ornament. Some models of aged carpets of the Versailles collection are dominated by relief patterns made of natural silk. At the same time, the background of the carpet is made of wool, which creates the effect of a shimmering ornament.
We invite you to see all the designer handmade carpets of Ansy Carpet Gallery.
Designer carpets in the interior: 10 original options in the photo
Designer carpets look good in rooms of different styles. With the right choice, they will decorate both modern and classic interiors. We offer you a selection of handmade designer carpets in various rooms of the apartment.
- Living room.
- Antechamber.
- Bedroom.
- Kitchen or dining room.
- Терраса.