The Colors
The colours of a carpet are determined by the dyestuffs that are used, the type of wool that is used, the dyeing process and the kind of wash that is applied after the carpet is finished. Up until 1850, natural vegetables dyes used from a wide range of plants and minerals were used exclusively for the dyeing of wool. The best quality dyes produced subtle and harmonious colours that were not fully fast to either light or washing. As the carpets aged, the colours gradually changed, if anything becoming richer and mellower in hue. Vegetable dyes continued to be used both among the Mauri rugs (see later) and also with the Chob Rang3 carpets.
From the 1850s onwards chemical dyes started to be used. Initially the dyes were of poor quality and were fugitive, neither fast to light or washing. However since the 1920s and onwards the chemical dyes have been developed and two of the important colours – indigo blue and madder red can now be reproduced exactly by chemical means. There are two basic types of chemical dyes – those that are fast and do not fade or mellow, thus removing the ageing process that is associated with the best quality dyes.
Carpets and rugs Search:
|mauri rugsLahore Carpet Manufacturing Co.
Mr.Shahid Hassan Sh., Abid Hassan Sh., Khalid Hassan Sh.
Established From : 1950
- All Kinds of Vegetable Dyes Carpets
- 16/16 on Ward 24/24
- Different Kind of Bokharas
Kasurian
Mr.Abdul Majid, Mr.Ghulam Haider
Established From : 1982
- 11/22 Bokhara
- 9/14 Bokhara Jaldar
- 15/15 Double Knott
- Vegetable Dyes
- Kazak
Imran Oriental Carpets
Mr.Imran Malik
Established From : 1984
- Double Knott Natural / Vegetable Dyes
- Hand Spun Ghazni Wool
- Antique Finish
- Kazak Hand Spun Ghazni Wool
- Karagai Turkman
- Worsted Cocasian Designs
- Worsted Traditional Bokhara
- Worsted Jaldar
- Maimana Kilims
- Balouchi Quality
Broadways Carpets
Abdul Majid/Ghulam Haider
Established From : 1982
- 11/22 Bokhara
- 9/14 Bokhara Jaldar
- 15/15 Double Knott
- Vegetable Dyes
- Kazak
Ather Corporation
Mr. Mian M. Saeed Ashraf, Mr. Fakhir Saeed
- Vegetable dyes
- 9 / 16 Boukhara
- 100% Cotton Rag Rugs
