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The Alti Bolaq Carpet Company Differentiating carpet quality Material of production Design, materials, colour, workmanship and expressive capacity are all elements that serve to differentiate quality in carpets. Some of these dimension are readily assessed, other are more open to interpretation. First there is a choice of materials with respect to the warp (the longitudinal threads of the textile backing), the weft (the latitudinal threads of the textile backing) and the pile. Silk has a fineness and brilliance to it that allows suppleness in the final product and an intricacy of design consistent with a high knot count (see below) and these may be the most expensive of carpets. However they are not hard wearing (particularly if silk is used warp, weft and 1 pile ) and therefore are limited in their functional value. Silk carpets are produced in the Andkhoy region, most notably by weavers in Alti Bolaq village but it is a very small proportion (2%) of weavers who have the skills and capital to produce these carpets. Wool particularly if used throughout the carpet gives distinctive qualities that enhance fluidity of design and tonal warmth related to the dyes (Ford, 1981: 16). Wool however has particular qualities that make it susceptible to damage or stretching that can distort the shape of the carpet – for some this can be accepted as a distinctive feature of the handmade carpet and to be celebrated. For international markets that seek uniformity and product certainty it is a flaw. For these reasons cotton, which has more stable and reliable properties, can be used for the warp and the weft but this gives rigidity to the structure of the carpet that may well be reflected in the design outcome. Parson (1983:?) bemoaned the extent to