Excellent Oriental Rugs
Posted on September 18, 2008
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The first thing to be considered when shopping for Oriental rugs is what, exactly, constitutes an Oriental Rug in the first place. The best Oriental rugs are real Oriental rugs, and real Oriental rugs must satisfy a specific set of requirements. First, Oriental rugs must be hand made. If a rug is machine-made, it is not an Oriental rug.
This does not imply that any rug which is made by hand becomes a legitimate Oriental rug. To give an example there are rugs which are made with hand in America by the Native Americans and they are popular as ‘Navajo rugs’ or ‘American Indian rugs’. They are also handmade but the method of weaving is different.
Now this will help you understand the next essential feature of the real Oriental rugs that they are essentially produced in the Orient. When we say the Orient it combines places like Middle East, northern part of Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Even here the way rugs are made is different depending on the place they are made. You can find out more from the pictures which are available on the internet on various websites when you decide on purchasing it.
One decent equivalent to the expensive Oriental rugs is the “tufted rugs” made in China, India, and some other parts of Asia. Tufted rugs are still made by hand, but are not individually knotted the way real Oriental rugs are. Because of this they are much cheaper than real Oriental rugs – that same twelve by nine foot section in a tufted rug would only be around $700, and would appear almost identical to the $1,500 variety. Keep in mind, though, that the Oriental rug would have a much greater resale value (tufted rugs depreciate quickly) and would last much longer.
A very important quality of the Oriental rugs is that they are woven by hand. No doubt there are some other kinds of rugs like the Tufted rugs which are made in parts of Asia that are also woven. You may not be able to see the difference initially but the way Oriental rug is woven is very different. Every individual knot is hand-tied and that makes the Oriental rug stand out. It is this characteristic which makes the rug very expensive as well as long lasting. The Tufted rug will wear off much faster and only about half as valuable compared to a true Oriental rug.
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