Carpet weaving has been the main occupation of the people from Chiprovtsi for more than 250 years and the Chiprovtsi School has turned into a unique phenomenon, a benchmark of Bulgarian applied arts. During those distant times the first woven carpets were used not only by Bulgarians, but also by the Turkish army for prayer. Later on, the beautiful Chiprovtsi carpets have been exceptionally well received by connoisseurs of value and exquisiteness in France, United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Austria, USA and other countries.
One of the most typical ornaments in the Chiprovtsi carpets - "The Kanatitsa" (a stylized figure of a butterfly), a symbol of eternity from ancient times, has reached as far as the American Indians over the centuries. It has been portrayed in a variety of fabrics with them - carpets, clothes, mantles (poncho) etc.
Ornaments, figures and sign compositions from the proto-Bulgarian and Chiprovtsi carpet weaving shools can be found as a cross reference and correspondence in the images of tapestries, textiles and clothes in castles and fortresses, as well in ancient and modern European museums and cribs.