Stepanakert Karabach- Verneh - 290 cm - 100 cm
Verneh is a flat weave like kilim, the difference is that it has a different front and back. First the weaver creates a flat weave - warp and weft on the loom on the wool warp thread. Then afterwards the pattern with the weft thread. So woven diagonally. Please see the detailed photos. This started in the city of Stepanakert in Karabakh , South Caucasus, and later makers of rugs went to western Turkey in the 20th century. Ousted by industrialisation under Russian occupation.
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Verneh is a flat weave like kilim, the difference is that it has a different front and back. First the weaver creates a flat weave - warp and weft on the loom on the wool warp thread. Then afterwards the pattern with the weft thread. So woven diagonally. Please see the detailed photos. This started in the city of Stepanakert in Karabakh , South Caucasus, and later makers of rugs went to western Turkey in the 20th century. Ousted by industrialisation under Russian occupation.