KUMKAPI HALILARINDA DESEN VE TEKNİK ÖZELLİKLER
PATTERN AND THE TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KUMKAPI CARPETS

Summary/Abstract: 16th century is considered to be the brightest era of the Turkish carpet art. These carpets are well known as the ottoman court carpets in literature, which display an enrichment, progress and change and, thus, started a completely new style in carpets. The craftsmen were brought to the Ottoman Palace from such regions such as Tabriz, Kahire and Sivas, Kayseri from the Anatolia. This organization created the Ottoman court style. This style reflects parallel features within the book arts, illumination, tile, wood, fabric and carpet designs. At the present time, we come across with Kumkapı carpets in private collections and they are becoming renowned for their superior qualities. A considerable number of these carpets are included in private collections in Europe and United States. Kumkapı carpets are the woven silk carpets by craftsmen. These carpets which have an extraordinary high-quality technical characteristic which are not encountered in traditional Turkish carpet arts; Silk knots have been used as well as gold and silver (kılabdan) unknoted weaving technique. The research was conducted with reference to the Kumkapı Rugs from the Arkas Collection” exhibition, which is a part of Arkas Carpet Collection.

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