Carpet manufacture in Algiers, Algeria, c. 1899.

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An authentic oriental rug is a handmade carpet that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile. Oriental-design rugs made by machine, made through hand-tufting or any method other than hand-knotting or hand-weaving are not considered authentic oriental rugs.

These rugs normally come from a broad geographical region extending from China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey, Maghreb countries and Iran in the west and the Caucasus in the north to India in the south. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs.

Oriental rugs are organized by origin: Persian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian rugs, Chinese rugs, and Tibetan rugs.

[edit] See also

• Azerbaijani rug
• Persian rug
• War rugs
• Kashmir rug

[edit] External links

• Weaving Art Museum a nonprofit art organization
• Oriental Rugs History. Excerpts from the book, Oriental Rugs, by John Kimberly Mumford, published 1900, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.
• "Oriental Carpets". Textiles. Victoria and Albert Museum. http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/videos/oriental_carpets/index.html. Retrieved 2008-07-28. 

A Central Asian rug, 19th century. The symmetrical motif of flowers in a vase on a stand is familiar from Chinese decorative arts. Chinese designs often influenced designs in carpets from eastern Central Asia. Here, the flowers and background show color alternation within a rectangular grid.

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