History & Information about Soumak rugs

Soumak rugs are named after the town of Shemakja, in which they were first woven. They are a flat-woven rug that contain beautiful embroidery in which the embroidery threads are not cut off in the back. Soumak rugs are made with geometric patterns and generally have tribal motifs surrounding the geometric patterns. These tribal motifs are commonly small birds. Because of their flat weave Soumak rugs are a good choice for high-traffic areas and they are very popular in Western Europe because they suit all types of décor, including contemporary, modern, and traditional.

Soumak rugs are hand-woven and hand-knotted with 100% wool and they are embroidered with 100% pure silk. Because the embroidery threads are not cut off in the back of the rug they hang from 2-4 cm from the back. This means that the pattern is only visible from one side and only that one side is ever facing up. These rugs are also stiffly woven, which means that they make really good floor rugs, although they have also been used as curtains, as bed covers, as animal covers, and on bag faces. As floor rugs Soumak rugs are commonly made as large area rugs, small area rugs, and runner rugs. Those Soumak rugs that are embroidered with silk make better decorative rugs than floor rugs.

Like most other hand-woven rugs from Turkey and the surrounding area, Soumak rugs are woven with skills that have been passed down the family line, from generation to generation. This means that Soumak rugs are of the absolute highest quality, far superior to anything that is machine-made. It also means that each and every Soumak rug is unique. No two are alike so that means that a room that contains a Soumak rug is also very unique.

At CarpetView.com, we are proud to showcase the finest Soumak rugs available. We have gone straight to the weavers themselves to find the rugs that we choose to sell to our customers. For this reason, we have no middle man or distributor to cause our prices to go up so we can offer our Soumak rugs and our other rugs and carpets at the best possible prices. Each of our Soumak rugs, as with all our rugs, are put through three quality assurance tests to ensure that they are suitable for our customers. One test is done when we purchase the rug from the weaver, the second is done when we photograph it and put it into storage, and the third is done before we ship the rug to the customer. This way you can rest assured that your rug will be the best of the best.