oriental rugs

Oriental Rug

By Rednallog

Oriental rugs are favorite option when decorating home offices, and are a particularly good choice for high traffic areas because of the intricacies of their designs, which hide wear and tear. Oriental rugs refers to rugs produced on the continent of Asia, such as Persian (from Iran), Indian, Chinese, and Turkish rugs. Imitations of the popular oriental patterns are also available and produced by manufacturers such as Nourison in the USA, and Sphinx, also in the USA but with its parent company in Egypt.

Oriental rugs are handmade rugs that is knotted with pile or woven without pile. Making rugs by hand is an ancient art and the old designs reflect the religious and ethnic structures of the times. Many of these ancient designs are still produced today, sometimes hand-woven and hand-knotted, other times woven by machine. They are named from the place which they come. If the carpet is made with floral designs, then it must have come from India or Persia. If it consists of geometrical designs, then they are from Caucasus or Turkoman. If it is designed with monsters, dragons and exotic birds, then they are definitely from China.

Oriental rugs used to be constructed with such natural fibers as cotton, wool, silk, or with goat and camel hair, or blends of these materials, but now you can find them made with less expensive synthetic materials such as nylon, olefin (polypropylene),acrylic, and polyester. Wool rugs remain the first choice in durable, soft, dirt-and-fire resistant, warm rugs, but synthetic reproductions make oriental area rugs more affordable. They come in a variety of colors, sizes, and shapes – round, oval, rectangular, and, of course, the popular runner.