Döşemealtı Handmade Carpet is a carpet woven with the Turkish (Gördes) knot on winding looms specific to the geographical border by the Teke nomads who came to Anatolia after the 12th century and settled in the Döşemealtı district of Antalya province. The oldest known Döşemealtı Handmade Carpet is the Halelli, which is exhibited in the Antalya Museum today. The weft and warp threads of the Döşemealtı Handmade Carpet are made from sheep wool. In the Turkish (Gördes) knot, the loop thread is wrapped around two adjacent warp wires, that is, around the warp wires twice. The ends are pulled between these two wires. This knot is formed by wrapping both warp threads equally. When the Turkish knot is used, better motif shapes are obtained when weaving geometric and stylized patterns. The knot quality of the carpet is measured by the number of knots in cm² or dm².
While Döşemealtı Handmade Carpets used to have a quality of 3 x 4 or even 4 x 4 per cm², today this number has decreased to 2 x 2. The edge of the Döşemealtı Handmade Carpet is woven in the form of a rug. Edge weave is the loopless part of the carpet. The thread used in edge braiding is also wool and is in the ground color of the carpet. The width of the edge braid varies between 1 cm and 1.5 cm. Rug knitting is woven with a thickness of 2 cm to 3 cm. The color of the rug weave is the same as the color of the edge weave. Rugs, bags and tapestries are also made from these textiles. The patterns used have emerged as a result of centuries of cultural accumulation, and each pattern and color has a different meaning.
Production Method: The weft and warp of Döşemealtı Handmade Carpets are made of wool thread. Wool is used after being spun with a tool called kirman. While red, blue, dark blue, green and white colors were used in old carpets, today red, burgundy, green, black, dark and light blue and natural yellow are dominant.
Production, Processing and Other Operations That Must Be Performed Within the Geographical Border: Döşemealtı Handmade Carpet, whose history dates back to ancient times and whose production requires mastery skills, has a famous connection with the geographical border. For this reason, all stages of production must take place within the specified geographical border.
Carpet Condition Terms:
Extraordinary: It is the term used for rugs and carpets that have the characteristic of having a very difficult or special production technique, aging correctly, or having a high level of artistic value, as well as having no defects in the product. The value of new or second hand rugs and carpets, which are in outstanding condition, continues to increase over the years.
Antiques: Although the product is over 80 years old, it has a design, paint technique and origin features that can preserve its artistic value. Antique products can tear, wear, and cause pain. Most antique products have a more valuable aura as they age due to the natural paint and construction technique. For this reason, antique expert values are formed according to the current state of the antique products, the way they are worn, their production techniques and the region.
Excellent: Rugs and rugs in excellent condition are flawless, clean, with the potential to increase in value, bearing the characteristics of the region, and produced correctly. They can be antiques when used properly.
Good: These are carpets and rugs that have average defects in carpets and rugs and are likely to increase in value.
Medium: These are carpets and rugs suitable for daily use, which may have minor damage, do not have a high degree of motif difficulty, and are average in terms of yarn and paint material used.
Mediocre: Rugs and rugs with low pattern difficulty, relatively easy to manufacture, lost quality in various aspects (torn stains, paint mixing, etc.).
Hand-made carpets and rugs do not have bad or very bad classes. All the carpets and rugs produced are a great hand labor. However, there are carpets and rugs that cannot create their value within the bounds of possibility. All carpets and rugs produced are very special works of art that require great labor and production time. For this reason, there is no carpet or rug with low hand made value. There are only carpets and rugs whose experimental value is relatively lower than their square meter. Our recommendation is to use handmade carpets and rugs in your home, office, and in all areas of your life. One square meter rug or carpet is made in 1-2 months on average. Natural rugs and carpets organize the energy of your life, add value to life, improve your artistic approach, and are beneficial to nature. It is completely a part of nature, sustainable and harmless.