ICONS IN RUGS

The earliest weaving sample in history was BC. In 2300 he was known as the queen's cover. This cover is not known nowadays. This cover is also mentioned in many sources. The rug was discovered during the Troy excavations. In addition, it is thought that plain weaving is also touched in all places weaving carpets. Flat weaving of certain periods, the composition and motif features have continued on certain dates. In the first stages of development, the rug was also woven every where. In the third group of carpets, the floor is divided into two or more squares and filled with octagons in the interior of the squares.

The rugs are similar to the same period fabric patterns. For example, in the 16th and 17th centuries, all of the fabric carpets and rugs used the sun Motif. Based on the word and the encyclopedic provisions of the word sunshine, it is seen that the origin of this motif extends to Central Asia. It is a fact that a certain period of time the motif of the motive has been affected from the culture and belief systems encountered and how it is affected from time to time. This development has always been reflected in the appearance of carpets and rugs. The periods in which humanity began to live with social consciousness brought with it the instinct of belief and worship. This instinct made them recognize the universe. All the details in the universe are reflected in textiles such as carpets and rugs.

The communities of people, who realize that every event that continues their lives come from nature, united their beliefs with the sky. He believes that every good and every evil comes from the sky, and this belief is sometimes concentrated on the moon, the stars, and most of the time on the sun. For example, the sun motif was seen in carpets and rugs. The sun, which was in a separate position among all the other natural phenomena, caused people to warm up and enlighten. So the sun began to be come god. The ceremonies were made for the sun, the victims were interrupted for him. Kilim tents were opened to the east where the sun was born. Faiths, worship, showed it self in wall paintings. In the first head flag of some societies took place with the sun, moon and star. The sun motif was used to paint the gods of the sky. The sun was represented by the circle of the celestial bodies, which they called chakir, with the arrows or with the single point circle. The emperor's chariot was depicted and the wheels were likened to the sun. Sun rituals were made at the southern gate of the tents. In some periods, the sun symbolized as a single point in the middle of the circle was started to be shown as a wheel or tilgen in the Near East. The sun-moon motif has always been used as a sign of brightness in this cycle