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Pazyryk carpet museum.
The pazyryk carpet was manufactured in ancient armenia or persia around 400 bc.
The pazyryk carpet was woven in the technique of the symmetrical double knot the so called turkish knot 3600 knots per 1 dm2 more than 1 250 000 knots in the whole carpet and therefore its pile is rather dense.
The museum s website description of this ancient rug is as follows.
There is a version of its iranian provenance.
The pazyryk carpet was excavated in 1949 from the grave of a scythian nobleman in the pazyryk valley of the altai mountains in siberia radiocarbon testing indicated that the pazyryk carpet was woven in the 5th century bc.
Petersburg russia and wherever it was produced remains as one of the most beautiful and.
Petersburg russia the pazyryk rug was found in 1949 in the grave of a scythian nobleman in the bolshoy ulagan dry valley of the altai mountains in kazakhstan the pazyrk rug had been frozen in the ice and it was very well preserved.
When it was found it had been deeply frozen in a block of ice which is why it is so well preserved.
This carpet is 183 by 200 centimetres 72 by 79 inches and has 36 symmetrical knots per cm 2 232 per inch 2.
The carpet can be seen at the hermitage museum in saint petersburg russia.
Its decoration is rich and varied.
So the two nations have a clash over the origin and ownership of the pazyryk carpet.
Architect transforms ww1 era concrete factory into а truly unique home today the carpet is displayed at the hermitage museum in st.
To our knowledge it is the oldest piled rug still in existence and is housed at st.
One of the most remarkable finds was the pazyryk carpet.
The exact origin of this unique carpet is unknown.
The central field is occupied by 24 cross shaped figures each.