The field guide · How a rug is built
Takht-baft (level warps) تختباف
Takht-baft (تختباف, from takht, "level") describes a pile rug woven with its warps side by side on one level. The level comes from the wefts: Iranica calls such warps taḵt, woven with no weft pulled taut, so both loops of each knot show on the back. An Iranian study of Qashqai weaving adds that these rugs usually have one weft per row and are soft and supple. The word also covers flatweaves.
Also takht-bafi · flat warps · flat-backed
See also Nim-lool (half-depressed warps), Lool-baft (full lool), Depressed warps, Single-wefted, Handle
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