The carpets in Elazığ museum (Show carpets)

II SUMMARY Master Thesis THE CARPETS IN ELAZI? MUSEUM (SHOW CARPETS) Ahmet TÜTEN Fırat University Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of Islam History and Arts Discipline of History of Turkish Islam Arts 2004, Pages: 192 Turkish carpet art goes until B.C. 5th century and it developed in 30-45 degree of north latitude of Middle Asia (Türkistan) and present carpet technique occured. The knotted carpets that widen through Turkishs lived in west Türkistan were firstly seen at 11th century when seljuks were sovereign there. This development lasted to be Anatolia Seljuks, governmentals, Ottoman Turks (Early, Classic and Late) and Republic term. The wowen carpets woved at present are originated from these terms. As the carpets in Elazığ Museum has an important place for Turkish Carpet Art, they were investigated. The photographs of 33 carpets were taken and their milhmetric drawings were made. The informations of technical properties, terms, regions and composition of these carpets were obtained and the catalog of carpets were constituted. Unknown aspects of these carpets were explained through sources and therefore an important study was obtained. In this study, it was investigated 18 divan carpets, 9 pillow carpets, 2 prayer rug carpets and 4 threshold carpets. It was used rectangle, hexagon and octagon lockets on floor of carpets. It was determined that the carpets investigated were belonged to 17, 19 and 20th centuries. It was well known that these carpets usually were belonged to Elazığ, Malatya, Adıyaman, Sivas and Gaziantep regions and these regions are important carpet center at handicrafts field. Carpet and kilim are still woven at centrum, districts and villages of these cities. Key Words: Elazığ, museum, motif, carpet, colour, pattern, floor, line.