carpet
Let an agent explain carpets and their construction, identify major traditions and modern products, relay care, standards and market information, and distinguish carpets from rugs and other floor coverings.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain carpets and their construction, identify major traditions and modern products, relay care, standards and market information, and distinguish carpets from rugs and other floor coverings.
A textile floor covering with an upper layer of pile attached to a backing, made by knotting, tufting, weaving or needle-felting from wool, silk, nylon, polypropylene or other fibres, in forms from hand-knotted oriental carpets such as Kashmir, Sultanabad and Akstafa rugs and Scandinavian rya to machine-made broadloom and carpet tiles; carpets serve warmth, comfort, acoustics and decoration, are traded as art and commodity, and are regulated for flammability and emissions.
What it is for: Floor covering for comfort, insulation and decoration.
It can be explain construction and materials; identify traditions and products; relay care and standards; distinguish from rugs and other coverings.
Distinguishing features
Pile construction
Regional traditions
Wall-to-wall and modular forms
Flammability and emission standards
What it looks like
A pile-surfaced textile covering a floor, plain or patterned.
Physical character
hand-knotted density: up to over 1 million knots per m2 - fine carpets
global carpet market: tens of billions USD per year - industry estimates
How it is recognised
Pile textile floor covering
Hand-knotted, tufted, woven, broadloom, tiles
A rug is a smaller loose piece; flatweaves such as kilims have no pile; vinyl and laminate are hard coverings
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, though rug is often the narrower term
is made by - knotting or tufting
is made of - among other fibres
In practice
Families and kinds
hand-knotted carpets: Persian, Turkish, Caucasian such as Akstafa, Kashmir and Sultanabad
flatweaves and kilims
rya and Scandinavian pile rugs
machine-woven Axminster and Wilton
tufted broadloom
carpet tiles
needle-felt and outdoor carpets
Standards and regulation
Flammability standards such as ASTM E648 and EN 13501
Emission labels such as CRI Green Label Plus
Textile labelling rules
Protected designations for some traditional carpets
Failure modes and hazards
Fire and smoke
Allergens and indoor air emissions
Counterfeit traditional carpets
Child labour in some production, as reported
Also called
+88
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.carpet
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify What carpet this is.
Identity.
Construction
Construction and materials.
Construction
Construction.
- How are carpets constructed, and what fibres are used? definition
- Is the item a carpet, a rug, a flatweave or a hard floor covering? boundary
Traditions
Traditions and types.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What are the major carpet traditions and modern product types? definition
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Use Choosing and care.
Practice.
Choosing
Choosing.
Choosing
Choosing.
- How are carpets chosen for wear, comfort, acoustics and health? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Care
Care and cleaning.
Care
Care.
- How are carpets cleaned, maintained and repaired? provenance
- Which entry fits carpet cleaning? action
Market Standards and market.
Regulation.
Standards
Standards.
Standards
Standards.
- What flammability, emission and labelling standards apply? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Trade
Trade and ethics.
Trade
Trade.
- How is the carpet trade structured, and what labour and authenticity issues are reported, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Context History and art.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did carpet making develop from the Pazyryk carpet to industrial production? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of carpets? action
Art
Carpets as art.
Art
Art.
- How are carpets collected, studied and valued as art? provenance
- Which entry fits oriental rug? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should oriental carpet and carpet tile be separate entries?
- How should standards be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional types and products; should they be split off?