Hazaad.com Fact Sheet

• The fibers that stick up from the surface of a rug are referred to as the “pile.”
  • Rugs that lack a pile are called “flat woven carpets.”
  • Rugs that have a pile are called “pile carpets.”
  • The pile of a rug rarely sticks straight up. Instead all the fibers lean in one direction.
  • The slant of the pile make the rug's colors look brighter from one particular direction.
    • The side of the rug from which the colors look brighter is called the “light side.”
    • Opposite the “light side” of a rug is the “dark side” where the colors of the rug look the darkest.
• Some types of rugs
  • Kazaks
    • A style of pile rug
    • This style of weaving originated in the society between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
  • Gabbehs
    • A style of pile carpet that was first developed by the Qasqai people of Fars.
    • The term “Gabbeh” means “unclipped”
      • Referencing its unusually long pile
    • This type of rug has only come into favor, outside of the Qasqui, in moderately recently times.
  • Dhurries
    • This style of flat weave has ancient roots in India.
• An impressively advanced two and a half thousand year old pile carpet was found in the Siberian tundra in 1949.
• The weaving skill that this ancient carpet showcases powerfully argues that carpet weaving has a very long history.
• Hazaad.com was once an e-commerce only company. They have since refocused on face to face contact with their customers.
• Hazaad.com was founded by John Geer.

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