riental rugs have come a
long way since their early § Oriental rugs are woven in
days. The early days were a different countries with
time when the rugs produced in different designs. For example,
the east were popular in the east the rugs from Iran or Persia are
only. Persia, India, Turkey and huge, bulky, and exquisite.
Tibet were some of the oldest Oriental rugs are designed by
manufacturers of these rugs. The incorporating the culture of
main reason due to which these their own country and the
were not so popular in the west neighboring countries in the
was lack of transportation in the design. 828 International,
older days. AminCo, Feizy, Kalat, Lotfy,
Momeni, Nichols, Fette, Samad,
The rug industry has carved a Tamarian, and Trans-Ocean are
niche of its own. Initially, rugs some important designs of
were popular only in the west but oriental rugs.
in recent days, this popularity
has spread to the east also. The § These rugs when purchased from
manufacture of rugs using a genuine dealer are a lifetime
machines has also increased. One investment and give good value
of the most favored among the for your money.
machine manufactured rugs is the
oriental rugs. Some of the § Oriental rugs come in Geometric
properties of oriental rugs which patterns or simple designs,
make them unique are: bright colors or light tones,
with can make every room in your
§ Though the cost of these rugs house beautiful.
is high, they are designed with
the finest textures and give a The important factors to be kept
royal look to your home. in mind when purchasing an
oriental rug are: looms to weave larger ones. The
time for completion varies with
i.Since these are costly, the the size of the rug. Since
exact size which you require must oriental rugs are costly, all
be measured first. your needs must be assessed
properly before you buy one.
ii.The quality of rugs depends on
the knots woven per square inch. The oriental rugs are designed by
If the knots per square inch are experts who are well versed with
higher, the rug is of better the tradition and culture of
quality. their region. They try to
transfer this culture into their
iii.Look for imperfections on the rugs through well depicted
rug surface. sceneries and designs. In the
recent days, a sort of innovation
The oriental rugs are durable and has crept into the manufacture of
environment-friendly. These are these rugs. Weavers have been
hand made and each strand is hand blending old models with new ones
stretched to provide greater in the recent days. The Persian
strength and consistency. The two designs are famous all over the
types of knots used in making world today also. Recognizing
oriental rugs are - the this popularity, the
symmetrical Turkish knot or the manufacturers are finding newer
asymmetrical Persian knot. ways to incorporate these designs
Horizontal looms are used to into the modern rug
weave smaller rugs and vertical
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