What is an oriental rug?

What is an oriental rug, for someone who has never bought an oriental rug before it can cause some confusion but it simply means a rug manufactured in the orient - this could mean a rug machine made could be called ab oriental rug, in practice however the term is normally used to describe hand woven rugs or hand knotted in the traditional way from such areas as Persia, turkey, china India, Afghanistan the Caucasus Baluchistan and other areas.

There rugs can be separated into three basic types, tribal or nomadic rugs speak for themselves, these are rugs made by nomadic or semi-nomadic tribesman. Village rugs s a term used to describe rugs that call between nomadic + city rugs, these rugs can be a mixture of  both groups and vary in size enormously and in design. City rugs can be of the highest quality and the weavers will have the designs carefully controlled by their overseer’s all these are still only generalisations as all groups can weave rugs of exceptional quality to basic everyday use, so what to look for when choose an oriental rug for your own home. firstly try to choose the best size that will fit with your own furniture. A good idea is to spread newspapers on the floor to get a sense of maximum and minimum size required then too decide what type of rug would be the best for your decor, this be a very formal design or a tribal design or village design, there is something for everyone, if you where looking for something contemporary new kilims (plat weaves) can be used although the design are very old they fit well into modern settings. The next decision is colour which can be vibrant to subtle to muted to antique to natural dyes to chemical dyes, so how to choose, firstly colour or normally important - than design as the colour has more of an impact when first walking into a room, however the design runs a close second normally in reinforcing your style and decor.

When and if you buy your own rug, it will need maintenance to ensure your rugs stays looking and enhance its life, if your rug is on a solid floor always put an underlay underneath or a gifted carpet as a non slip underlay, when hoovering always take care of the ends and sides as these can be weak points when using powerful vacuum cleaners, for stains and general cleaning try to use specific products made for the market these can be purchased from Murray carpets