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Oriental Rugs

Oriental Rugs

Oriental Rugs

Oriental rug is the family name for the world's great hand-knotting traditions, the weaving cultures stretching from Anatolia through Persia into Central Asia, India and China. What unites them is the craft itself: wool or silk knotted by hand onto a foundation, row upon row, months or years per rug, a method essentially unchanged for centuries. What separates them is everything else, and learning to tell a Persian medallion from a Turkoman gul is one of the pleasures this collection offers. Every Oriental rug on this page is hand-knotted, one-of-a-kind, and photographed exactly as it will arrive.

Within the family, one tradition wears the crown: our Persian rugs represent the deepest and most celebrated school of Oriental weaving, and our guide to the world of Persian rugs walks through its history, craft and styles in full. Shop this page when you want the whole landscape in one view, from formal city workshops to nomadic tribal weavings, across every size and palette we carry.

Older pieces bring their own detective story, and buyers ask us constantly how to place a rug in time. Our guide on how to date an Oriental rug shares the methods the trade actually uses, from dyes and wear to structure and design. For anything more specific, a photo sent to our chat gets an answer from a real rug person, any hour. Free shipping and free returns, all 50 states and Canada.

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