KAYSERI REGION YAHYALI-BUNYAN CARPETS AND THEIR COLOURS
KAYSERİ YÖRESİ YAHYALI-BÜNYAN HALILARI ve RENKLERİ

Author : Şükrü ÖZTÜRK
Number of pages : 275-289

Abstract

Turkish carpet, coming from Middle Asia to Anotolia an done of the best weaved in the World, has a weaving tecnique called Turkish slub. The best examples are especially in Bünyan and Yahyalı carpets. Wool is mostly used in Yahyalı carpets and cotton is used in Bünyan carpets. One of the main charecteristic of Yahyalı and Bünyan carpets is colours used in them. While red, dark blue, black and dark colours are used in Yahyalı carpets, İn Bünyan carpets red, yellow, blue colours are used. Generally, althoughtwelve colours are commonly used in these carpets, with tones of these colours, variety of colours are about twenty. Unfortunately, today carpeting in Yahyalı and Bünyan is near extinction.

Keywords

Culture, Carpet, Bünyan Carpets, Yahyalı Carpets, Colours.

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