Oriental Rug Weaving

The Making of Persian Rugs

Buy online Persian rugs and Oriental carpets store
Rug Gallery
Oriental Rugs Home

Ahar
Arak
Ardabil
Ardekan
Bakhshaish
Bakhtiari
Baluch
Bidjar
Birjand
Borchelu
Boroujerd
Ferahan
Ferdos
Gabbeh
Gharadjeh
Ghoochan
Golpayegan
Goravan
Hamadan
Hashtrood
Heriz
Hussainabad
Indo-Tibetans
Indo_Crown
Indo_Imperial
Indo_Jewel
Isfahan
Josheghan
Kashan
Kashmar
Kelardasht
Kerman
Koliai
Lambaran
Lori
Lylyan
Mahabad
Mahal
Malayer
Mashad
Maymeh
Mehriban
Meshkabad
Meshkinshahr
Mood
Nahavand
Nain
Najafabad
Nanadj
Qum
Roodbar
Sabzevar
Sanandaj
Sarab
Sarough
Saveh
Semnan
ShahrBabak
Shahreza
Shalimar
Sharbian
Shiraz
Sirjan
Tabriz
Tafresh
Touserkan
Turkoman
Veramin
Wiss
Yalameh
Yazd
Zanjan

Oriental Loom Rug Weaving

Oriental weavers need many months, sometimes years, to produce a handmade wool rug. The basic techniques for making a handknotted persian rug (knotted pile carpet) haven't substantially changed since thousands of years. Every hand-knotted rug has a foundation consisting of two sets of threads (yarn) made of natural fiber called the warp and weft of the loom. The material of the yarn is usually cotton or wool, sometimes also silk or - in tribal rugs - goat's hair or camel's hair.
To make the pile of the rug, loosely piled knots of dyed wool and/or silk are then tied around consecutive sets of adjacent warps to create the viewable patterns of the rug. Between each row of knots, one or more shots of weft are passed through the warp to pack down and secure the knotted rows. The supplementary weft that forms the pile is attached to the yarn by different knot types. Mostly used in Oriental carpets are the Persian and the Turkish knot: The asymmetrical Persian knot (also called Senneh knot after this persian town) is well suited for accurate and symmetrical rug designs, it is commonly used in masterworkshops and villages throughout Iran, India, Turkey, Pakistan, and China. The symmetrical Turkish knot (also called Ghiordes knot) is especially popular with tribal rugs and used in Turkey, the Caucasus, East Turkmenistan, and areas in Iran with a Turkish or Kurdish population. Other knots used for rug making are the Spanish knot and the Jufti knot.

Rug Search

 

Rug Information:

 

Rug Gallery:
Oriental rug site with information about Orientalrugs and an extensive rug gallery, where you can buy perisan rugs and carpets with online discount.