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A flokati rug is a woven wool rug. They are shaggy in appearance, and are thick and soft. Modern wool or synthetic rugs may be purchased in a variety of colours.
Flokati were popular in the 1970s. The word first appeared in English in 1967. The term was created by the Greek Ministries of Finance, Industry, and Commerce to apply to a rug with certain specifications: hand woven in Greece, made of 100% wool (warp, weft, and pile), with total weight of at least 1800 grams of wool per square meter. The rug must also be "subjected to the water friction process" to create the unique pile.
Gagalis Co. imported flokati from Greece starting in 1970 and sold them as "a new look in casual floor coverings."
In the October 2005 ''CosmoGirl'', designer
A flokati rug is a woven wool rug. They are shaggy in appearance, and are thick and soft. Modern wool or synthetic rugs may be purchased in a variety of colours.
Name
The word comes from the Aromanian ''floc'', from Latin ''floccus''.Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας (Babiniotis Dictionary
The ''Dictionary of Modern Greek'' (), more commonly known as ''Babiniotis Dictionary'' (Λεξικό Μπαμπινιώτη), is a well-known dictionary of Modern Greek published in Greece by Lexicology Centre and supervised by Greek linguist G ...
), (Λεξικό Μπαμπινιώτη), 1998, ''s.v.'' Another name for a similar style of rug is βελέντζα /vel'endza/ < Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
* Something related to Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire
* The w ...
''velense'', possibly via Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
''velentse''.
History
Flokati were popular in the 1970s. The word first appeared in English in 1967. The term was created by the Greek Ministries of Finance, Industry, and Commerce to apply to a rug with certain specifications: hand woven in Greece, made of 100% wool (warp, weft, and pile), with total weight of at least 1800 grams of wool per square meter. The rug must also be "subjected to the water friction process" to create the unique pile.
Gagalis Co. imported flokati from Greece starting in 1970 and sold them as "a new look in casual floor coverings."
In the October 2005 ''CosmoGirl'', designer Mark Montano
Mark Montano is an American interior designer, artist, writer, and TV personality.
Television
Mark Montano is perhaps best known for three series on the Style Network and The Learning Channel. These series are " 10 Years Younger", which he h ...
suggested a flokati rug as a solution to the question, "What if my dormmate is the complete opposite of me?!"
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