Fragment of felt carpet found in Pazyryk. Altay mountains. 1st millennium B.C. / Wikimedia Commons

Jules Marie Cavelier de Cuverville. Kazakh women beating wool. Siberia / Gallica

Samuil Dudin. Felted yurt door. Semei. 1899 / Romanov Empire

Making felt by applying hot water to fix the pattern. 31 August 2019 / MehmetO / Alamy

Jules Marie Cavelier de Cuverville. Kazakh women felting wool. Siberia / Gallica

Samuil Dudin. Kazakh women. Semei. 1899 / Romanov Empire

Kazakh family sitting on a large felt mat. Circa 1877 / Library of Congress

Kazakh nomad felt yourts (kiizuy) in summer pasture with sheep herd. China, Xinjiang. 2008 / Eye Ubiquitous / Universal Images Group / Getty Image

Making wool rope. Turkestan Album, part III, p. 45. 1871–1872 / Library of Congress

Samuil Dudin. Kazakh woman. Semei. 1899 / Romanov Empire

Samuil Dudin. Syrmak - felted woolen rug. Semei. 1899 / Romanov Empire