Chobi rug

Chobi rugs are among the most desired and most popular rugs in the western world particularly in North America. They were developed by ethnic Turkmenistani in Pakistan.^[1] .

Etymology

The word Chobi with its various spelling and transliteration (choobi, choubi, chubi) is an attribution from the word “choob” with a long vowel of ”oo” as it sounds in book. “ Choob” literally means wood and originally is a Persian word that is used for the same meaning in Urdu as well as some parts of India.

Origin

Chobi rugs were a response to the North American fashion taste that intended to modify the boldness of the traditional rugs in order to give a muted and antique look of natural wood color that was desired by modern fashion industry. Weaving Chobi rugs started in border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan where these rugs mostly produced for the North American market.^[2] Several years ago a company named Rugman invested a significant amount of money to create workshops in the region to weave chobi rugs.

Rugs and carpets

Rugs	Abadeh Afghan Ahar Alcaraz Arak Ardabil Azerbaijani Bakhtiari Bakshaish Balouch Bessarabian Bidjar Borujerd Braided Caucasian Dhurrie Flokati Heriz Isfahan Jozan Karadagh Kashan Kashmir Kerman Kilim Zanjan Shahsevan rug Kuba Kurdish Lilihan Mashhad Nain Navajo Oriental Pakistani Petate Qom Rya Sarouk Scandinavia Seraband Seychour Shiraz Sweden Tabriz Tibetan Turkmen Uzbek Julkhyr Uzbek Napramach Varamin Yürük

Carpets	Armenian Bakshaish Bellini Berber Bergama Bessarabian Bradford Caucasian Chiprovtsi Crivelli Fitted Gabbeh Hereke Karabakh Konya Kuba Holbein Lilihan Lotto Memling Milas Persian Pirot Sarouk Turkish Ushak Yomut

People	James F. Ballard Sir Francis Crossley Kurt Erdmann Arthur T. Gregorian Arshag Karagheusian Latif Karimov Julius Lessing William Morris George H. Myers Arthur Upham Pope Alois Riegl Friedrich Sarre Wilhelm von Bode Thomas Whitty Charles T. Yerkes

Places	Axminster Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Carpet Museum of Iran Dar al-Athar al-Islamyya, Kuwait Brukenthal National Museum Louvre Mevlana Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Miho Museum Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Museo Poldi Pezzoli Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs, Lyon Pergamon Museum Saint Louis Art Museum Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.) Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Turkmen Carpet Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Wilton

Cleaning	Carpet cleaning Dry carpet cleaning Floorcloth

Fabrics	Frieze Shag

Manufacture and installation	Ghiordes knot Knot density Rubia Rug hooking Rug making Tack strip Underlay

Dyes	Natural dye Synthetic dye Madder (Rubia tinctorum) Indigofera tinctoria Carmine Cochineal Armenian cochineal Polish cochineal Coccus cacti

Manufacturers	A & M Karagheusian Axminster Carpets Brintons Carpet One Cormar Carpets Dilmaghani Savonnerie manufactory DOBAG Carpet Initiative

Carpets in culture	Eagle rug Early Anatolian Animal carpets Gul Kilim motifs Elibelinde Evil eye Tree of life Magic carpet Oriental carpets in Renaissance painting Pictorial carpet Prayer rug Red carpet Transylvanian rugs War rugs

Notable individual carpets	Ardabil Carpet Badding Rug Baharestan Carpet Coronation Carpet

References

↑ Tahir, Mohammad. Turkmenistan: Native Carpet Weaving An Endangered Tradition Radio Free Europe, September 04, 2006.
↑ Recknagel, Charles and Tahir, Muhammad. World: Carpet Makers Struggle To Weave Tradition And The Market Radio Free Europe

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