Section 02
Carpet
Four entries on the structure under the pattern: how a knot is tied and what it does to the pile, what the loom decides about the shape of the finished piece, where the colour came from, and what a field layout tells you about where a carpet was made.
- 05The knotSymmetrical against asymmetrical knotting, what each does to the pile, and why knot density is a poorer measure of quality than people assume.
- 06DyestuffMadder, indigo and the insect reds — where the colour came from, and how differently a natural dye ages against a synthetic one.
- 07Regional patternA field layout and a border can place a carpet by region and workshop; what the vocabulary actually encodes.
- 08Loom and warpVillage horizontal loom against town vertical loom, and what the difference does to the size and squareness of the finished piece.
The section in four frames
