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Persian flat-weave structures range from simple interlacing—one set of warps and one set of wefts in various forms of plain weave—to a variety of compound weaves involving additional sets of warps or wefts or both. Patterning and decoration may also be achieved through various flat-weave techniques, including the introduction of supplementary warps, wefts, or both. Occasionally small motifs are worked in a supplementary-weft technique known as knotted and cut pile.
The looms used for flat-woven carpets are of the same basic types as those used for pile carpets. Nomads have traditionally used horizontal ground looms, which are easy to dismantle for the biannual migrations.(Full article...)