Best Area Rugs

 

Oriental rugs are hand-knotted and constructed by first stringing cotton fiber warp threads onto a loom to form the frame of the rug. Pieces of wool are then tied around the cotton warp threads across the width of the rug to create the pile. By varying the colors of the wool pieces, the design is created. The quality of the wool used to create the pile is critical to quality and durability of the rug. Floral rugs should be finely woven, with more than 100 knots per square inch, and often more than 200 knots per square inch. Geometric rugs with bolder and more angular designs are woven with 40 to 75 knots per square inch.

The traditional main colors for Oriental rugs are red and blue, but America's demand for more recent, trendy colors has resulted in an array of pigments used in rug design. By the direction in which the knot was woven on the loom all rugs have a light and a dark side. Keep this in mind when placing the rug. Select a rug before choosing decor fabrics or upholstered furniture. It's a lot easier to start with the rug than the other way around.