To our knowledge it is the oldest piled rug still in existence and is housed at st.
Pazyryk carpet museum.
Petersburg russia and wherever it was produced remains as one of the most beautiful and.
The pazyryk carpet was excavated in 1949 from the grave of a scythian nobleman in the pazyryk valley of the altai mountains in siberia radiocarbon testing indicated that the pazyryk carpet was woven in the 5th century bc.
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Its decoration is rich and varied.
The pazyryk carpet was manufactured in ancient armenia or persia around 400 bc.
This carpet is 183 by 200 centimetres 72 by 79 inches and has 36 symmetrical knots per cm 2 232 per inch 2.
The exact origin of this unique carpet is unknown.
There is a version of its iranian provenance.
The central field is occupied by 24 cross shaped figures each.
One of the most remarkable finds was the pazyryk carpet.
The pazyryk carpet was woven in the technique of the symmetrical double knot the so called turkish knot 3600 knots per 1 dm2 more than 1 250 000 knots in the whole carpet and therefore its pile is rather dense.
The advanced technique used in the pazyryk carpet indicates a.
The carpet can be seen at the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russia.
Bc now in the hermitage museum in st.
The museum s website description of this ancient rug is as follows.
Architect transforms ww1 era concrete factory into а truly unique home today the carpet is displayed at the hermitage museum in st.
The pazyryk rug is one of the oldest carpets in the world dating around 5th c.