Handmade Oriental Rugs From: Persia, India, Pakistan, and Turkey

The Oriental Rug

During the past century. the Oriental rug has become valued throughout the world as a work of art. With its rich history and color, the Oriental Rug often is called the aristocrat of carpets. Although the Oriental rug of today may not soar through the air like the magic carpet of Arabian legend, the Oriental Rug does perform magic, transforming interior spaces into extraordinary spaces.

The term Oriental Rug, traditionally has been used to describe hand-knotted rugs from the East. The process typically involves stretching warp threads on a loom and knotting the pile to these threads. When a row of knots is completed, a weft thread is inserted. Once the entire carpet is knotted, the pile is shorn.

 

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To a large degree, the precision of the design depends on how tightly the rugs has been knotted and how short the pile has been cut. The rugs density, or number of knots per square inch, can be a useful indicator of the fineness and durability of the rug -- the more knots the better the rug. A superb Oriental rug may have more than 500 to 1000 knots per square inch.

Historically, the great carpet-producing areas include Turkey, Persia, the Caucasus and Turkestan, Afghanistan, pakistan, Nepal, India and China also must be added to the list. Under Arab influence, Spain, too, has produced hand-knotted rugs of distinction.

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Approximately 8ft by 11ft Average Price = $895.00

Approximately 9ft by 12ft Average Price = $1100.00

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