Why old carpets are more expensive than new ones?

Well, it depends on how old, because there is a turning point in the oriental carpets that approximately 1890 to 1920 occurred when it was still a big influence from Europe, the impact on the design, color and want to use in oriental rugs .

The old carpets mainly from the traditional weaving culture in Turkey were the Caucasus, Persia and Central Asia, either for his own use or for sale in local tissue bazaars. Therefore, each tribe isor village would design a special pool from which she drew that have meaning for them, and would have in their homes and surroundings have been.

Weber, especially women, would be creative in combining these elements to produce aesthetically pleasing rugs, pillows, bags of all shapes and sizes. Young women would prepare a full range of weaving, showing their skills to potential husbands.
Another element is the choice of the best quality wool and dyes, as thesemake a huge difference to the objective of the carpet.

Natural dyes are living together, harmonize and do not fade. Therefore, carpets hundreds of years old, especially if it in good quality wool, a beautiful shiny quality that is not diminished by the time have.

With the huge increase in demand for Oriental Rugs at the end of the 19th Century soon ran the stocks of traditional carpets and the production could not meet the demand. Therefore, plantsand workshops were set up to meet the demand from one market to be less demanding. The designs have also been simplified, or in a way that a traditional Weber would never do change. At this time the first chemical dyes were available.

These include a bright fuchsin purple, which faded a dull gray over a period of decades. There was also a very bright red and orange, that do not harmonize well with the natural dyes, even those usually fade over time and were also bleed very easily ifwet. The introduction of chemical dyes destroyed the wonderful harmony of natural colors and replacing them because they have less work and the customers notice the difference. By the mid-20th Century, most of the hand-woven carpets were dull inanimate objects that bore little resemblance to their glorious ancestors.

In the last 30 years there was a revival of natural dyes was started by the DOBAG project in Turkey, but also in Iran and more recently in Afghanistan. These carpetsare available now, but consist of only a small part of the carpets are now available and worth it to find and pay the extra for.

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