Weaving Technics
hand knotted
on A verTicAl loom, knoTTing crAfTsmen Build The rug line By line And
knoT By knoT. This rug mAking Technique remAins The mosT precious,
elegAnT And Timeless. excepTionAlly BeAuTiful creATions Are guArAnTeed To
lAsT The TesT of Time.
hand tufted
This semi-mechAnicAl Technique is The resulT of inserTing wiTh A needle The sTrAnds
of wool or silk on A micro-perforATed fABric which is sTreTched on A verTicAl
frAme. The finishing phAses cAlled sheAring (leveling The wool And silk fiBres) And
cArving (defining The conTour of eAch deTAil using shArp scissors) Are enTirely
compleTed By hAnd. BeAuTiful designs Are creATed in The hAnd TufTed Technique
which does Allow for greAT freedom in The design deTAils.
hand loom
on A verTicAl loom, crAfTsmen weAve The rug lines AfTer lines. This rug
mAking Technique is recommended for plAin rugs And geomeTricAl pATTerns.
loop And pile could Be mixed To creATe TexTures And effecTs.
Weaving Technics
aubusson
The flAT weAve know As ‘AuBusson’ is A TApesTry Technique which dATes BAck To
AnTiquiTy.
This Technique is employed solely wiTh our collecTion, pATrimoine, And our murAl
TApesTries. This Age-old crAfT conTinues To Be hAndmAde using A horizonTAl loom.
The weAver follows The design TrAnsferred onTo A cArdBoArd And plAced under
The wArping ThreAds wiTh The use of ThreAds mATched To our TufTs chosen from
our colour pAleTTe.
new aubusson
we developed This conTemporAry Technique which comBines The AuBusson
weAve wiTh The sAvonnerie knoT. The BAckground of The rug is mAde wiTh An
AuBusson weAve whereAs The design deTAils Are hAnd knoTTed wiTh The rAised
sAvonnerie knoT which is plush And silky conTrAsTing BeAuTifully wiTh The
woven BAckground.
savonnerie
The sAvonnerie Technique is employed only wiTh our designs in The ‘pATrimoine’
collecTion. This speciAl knoT, Also known As gördès, wAs Borrowed from Tur-
key in The 17Th cenTury. This Technique uses A knoT on The underside And A loop
on The fronTside As well As Being knoTTed on A specific loom idenTicAl To Those
hisToricAlly used in The goBelin’s workshop in frAnce. in The finishing phAse, The
surfAce is shorn Twice To oBTAin A perfecTly velveTy finish.
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