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Rugs.net  ·  The Material Guide What Your Rug Is Made OfAnd Why It Matters Cotton foundation. Wool pile. Silk highlights. Silk on silk. Every material choice in a handmade rug has a specific reason. This guide explains all of them. When you look at a handmade Persian or oriental rug, you are looking at the result of dozens of individual decisions made before a single knot was tied. What fiber to use for the foundation. Wh...

Rugs.net  ·  Now Available Persian Qum Silk Rugs The finest silk rugs in the world. 15 signed museum-quality pieces, 800 to 1000 KPSI, pure silk on silk. Now at Rugs.net direct importer pricing. 6'6 x 6'9 Signed Erami Persian Qum Pure Silk Rug, 1000 KPSI There is a category of rug that most people will never see in person. Not because it is rare in the way that antiques are rare, but because the galleries that carry...

Rugs.net • The Knowledge Series The World of Persian Rugs:History, Craft & Style From Nomadic Origins to the Royal Court Loom A complete guide to the most enduring textile art in human history When most people think of rugs, the Orient comes to mind instinctively. Nobody associates the word “carpet” with France or Scandinavia. That association with the East is entirely natural and well-founded: it is in Persia, the Caucas...