Knowing and recognising a textile: the rug (example)
Target group: textile entrepreneurs in production and trade, teachers, students and trainees, museum staff, auctioneers and collectors.
Objective: practical and theoretical experience in recognising and assessing a handmade rug based on the quality of its materials, the difficulty of its execution and current market trends.
Content:
- Explanation of the symbols and patterns in antique rugs and their use for apotropaic purposes.
- Comparison of synthetic and natural dyes.
- Identifying where antique pieces come from based on their structural features.
- Telling a completely handmade rug from a machine-made one.
- Modern copies of antique rugs.
- New market trends and designer rugs.
- Practice on the loom: knotting exercises.
- Using suitable yarns to make textile fabrics.
Details
Tutor: Moreno Rossi, expert in antique textiles and rugs. Technical consultant to the court of Gorizia.
Number of participants: maximum 8
Registration and information: Tel. +39 0471 979395 or +39 329 0641818, info@eurotextileacademy.com
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Programme
Saturday, 17 April 2027, 13:00 - 18:00
- The relationship between Oriental culture and the rug
- The main uses
- The difference between a machine-made and a handmade rug
- The tools and the loom
Sunday, 18 April 2027, 9:00 - approx. 14:00
- The materials used and how to recognise them (industrial yarns compared with handmade yarns)
- The structure of the rug, weft, warp and the main types of knot. Preparing the warp threads on the loom
Saturday, 15 May 2027, 13:00 - 18:00
- The meaning of the symbols in rugs
- Natural and synthetic dyes: the differences are compared and assessed directly on the original rugs provided
- Working with knotting techniques on the loom
Sunday, 16 May 2027, 9:00 - approx. 14:00
- Questions and answers on the previous topics
- Cultural cross-influences and market pressures?
- Working on the loom
Saturday, 22 May 2027, 13:00 - approx. 18:00
- Recognising the type of knot used in different rugs to determine where a piece comes from
- Various types of rugs from different geographical areas and with different knotting techniques are shown
- Review of the previous lessons
Sunday, 23 May 2027, 9:00 - approx. 14:00
- Market trends and designs, study of modern rugs
- Copies of antique rugs
- Practical and oral examination
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