The field guide · How a rug is built
Pile پرز
The pile is the face of a knotted rug: the cut ends of the knotted yarns, standing up from the foundation and forming the design. It is usually wool, sometimes silk, or wool with small silk details, and it is clipped level after weaving. Every rug in the gallery has been professionally washed and sheared before export, so a full, even pile says nothing about age.
Also porz · nap · knotted pile · pile height
See also Kork wool, Silk, Foundation, Lustre, Pile direction (nap)
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