Define Oriental Rugs -
Wow! The oriental rug world is very broad. In an effort to better understand this realm, we should define “oriental.” A definition of this could run on for several days so I’ll make mine as brief as possible.
In my opinion, oriental can describe any rug with a design of which originates anywhere from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. This could include any quality of rug as well. Hand-knotted, hand-tufted, machine-made, etc.
Now, to dig deeper into this definition would cause us to begin defining specific countries of origin. Persian, Turkish, Afghani, Pakistani, Indian, etc. We’ll go there soon on other posts!
December 11th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Hi, great blog. There’s some good info in here.
However, I do want to mention the following:
Respectfully, I disagree with the statement of “hand tufted” being in the category of “Oriental Rugs/Carpets” in addition to “machine made” falling into this description as well.
It is not easy to define criteria for Oriental Rugs, but I think many in the industry would neglect to include machine / tufted in the “Oriental Rug” category.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:21 am
David,
Thanks for the note. My post was intended for two reasons.
#1 Write in VERY general terms
#2 Write from the consumers standpoint
I/we will never try to educate the industry. We’ve found that consumers have this broad definition already because the focus is on design not quality. We’ll take the broad definition and start dissecting it through the education process. That’s right, the process. We like to provide education!
April 11th, 2010 at 8:51 am
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