ORIENTAL RUGS

What makes an oversized Oriental Rug?

An oriental rug may be a heavy textile made for a good type of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in “Oriental countries” for home use, local sale, and export. Oriental carpets are often pile woven or flat woven without pile, using various materials like silk, wool, and cotton.

A Large Oriental Rug would be one that's in more than 360cm x 260cm.

Oriental rugs in these large sizes are in production for many years and have adorned a number of the worlds best interiors.

An oriental rug is woven by hand on a loom, with warps, wefts, and pile made mainly of natural fibers like wool, cotton, and silk. In representative carpets, metal threads made from gold or silver are woven in. The pile consists of hand-spun or machine-spun strings of yarn, which are knotted into the warp and weft foundation. Usually the pile threads are dyed with various natural or synthetic dyes. Once the weaving has finished, the rug is further processed by fastening its borders, clipping the pile to get a good surface, and washing, which can use added chemical solutions to change the colors.

At the Shop A Rug you can get Oriental carpet has long occupied a central place in your homes, and Persian carpets are often thought to be the most beautiful of all. The variations are endless and the craftsmanship behind them is superb, making these carpets a focal point for your home. With their fascinating patterns, these unique carpets get only at one place and that is Shop A Rug.