HANDMADE ORIENTAL RUGS—WHAT ARE THEY!
Handmade Oriental Rugs have gained the name from the place of their origin that extends from China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey and Iran in the west and the Caucasus in the north to India in the south. This region was long known as the Oriental region. There is a long reputed background of the oriental areas for handcrafts. In this regard, handmade rugs from this region have extensive appeal.
Rugs are considered as authentic only when hand knotted with pile or woven without pile. Even though now many are being made by machines or hand-tufting, these are not considered as authentic. Almost like every other rug, the handmade oriental rugs are also made on a loom. It starts from a cotton mesh and gradually wool fibers are knotted into it using the warp threads to loop around the frame and the weft threads to cross weave them. Wool of different colors are used to produce stunning effects on the surface of the rugs.
Their quality is measured by a term called as KNOT DENSITY that measures the number of knots per unit of surface area. Higher number of knots on the surface gives a more solid feeling and also better protection against ageing. Hand tying of knots as can be imagined is a quite labor intensive work and a fine piece of rug can take as much as a month to be perfectly completed.
The origin of handmade oriental rugs and their designs has always been a mystery as no one knows with certainty the significance of the patterns found on them. Even their creators, the weavers’ don’t seem too sure either. Originally it was a common belief that the designs on the handmade oriental rugs symbolize the place of its origin; that is the country or the village. But even this doesn’t hold true today.
A very interesting fact about the Handmade Oriental Rugs is the way in which the weavers get the color effects on them. It is seen that every single color is bordered by wool of another color. A careful study of these rugs will tell that no two patterns on a single piece of rug are similar. This is the most important reason why machine made rugs can never replace True handmade Oriental Rugs because the patterns made by machines will always be exact.
Original Handmade oriental rugs basically have a very long lifespan if proper care is taken to avoid moisture and dampness. Many people have a notion that these rugs are damaged by Moths; in fact it is not the moth but the larvae of the moth that provides the most damage to this Oriental delight.
They can provide a stunning appeal to the room if properly set up as they do integrate with almost every type of interior color and lighting. Possessing an Original piece of these beauties speaks a lot about the owner. Get home a piece of these fine art works to have a feel of ro
