Choosing an Oriental Rug
Purchasing an Oriental rug to decorate your home can beautifully enhance your décor and style. Before you pick an Oriental rug,...
Oriental Rug Design Origins: Figurative VS Non-Figurative Designs
Determining a rug’s country of origin can be a very difficult task. In most cases, rug historians can examine an...
Oriental Rugs: Pictorial Designs
It is fairly common for Oriental rug appraisers to asses a rug’s design when determining its country of origin. Many...
Classifying Carpets and Rugs
All carpets are rugs, but not all rugs are carpets? In today’s Oriental rug and carpet market, it is typical...
What are Flat Woven Rugs?
The last few posts have explained what pile is in an Oriental rug. The different types of knots used to...
Glossary of Rug Terms #27
Every so often, we write a rug term dictionary post for those wanting to improve their handmade rug vernacular. Whether...
Weaving Tools and Their Use
When someone mentions weaving, it’s a natural mental jump to thinking of looms, yarn, and wool or cotton depending on...
Romanian, Bulgarian & Albanian Rugs
The Ottoman Empire is well known for its history of beautiful Oriental rug production. From the late 13th century to...
Persian Pahlavi Rugs
Typically, when someone thinks of oriental rugs, he or she automatically associates them with middle-eastern cultures and locations. For a...
All about Fringe
Fringe may bring back memories of bell-bottom jeans and leather jackets, but in all actuality oriental rugs have a very...