Central State Museum of Kazakhstan

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CARPETS

 

TUKTI KLEM - napped carpet. Wool, weaving. Kzyl-Orda region. TUS-KIIZ - wall carpet. Welvet, silk gold embroidery. SYRMAK -  spread carpet. Felt, inlay. Northern Kazakhstan.

 
The carpet manufacturing in Kazakhstan has old tradions. Integral part of the kazakh portable dwelling - jurt are carpets and felts. In kazakh auls felt carpets, decorated with ornamental motives, were widely used.The most widespread, centuries - old traditional technique was applique - sewing on a felt an ornament of thin felt, cloth or cotton, fabric. Folk craftsmen were makers of embrodier: carpets, especially wall hanging, were decorated with fur, semi-precious stones, metal plates, etc.

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