The Best Oriental Rugs

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 James Cavalier

The first thing you have to understand is the meaning of an Oriental rug when you decide to buy one. The Oriental rugs which are original are the best and they should have some particular features. It is important that the Oriental rugs is made by hand and those which are made by machine are not Oriental rugs.

This does not imply that any rug which is made by hand becomes a legitimate Oriental rug. To give an example there are rugs which are made with hand in America by the Native Americans and they are popular as ‘Navajo rugs’ or ‘American Indian rugs’. They are also handmade but the method of weaving is different.

Now this will help you understand the next essential feature of the real Oriental rugs that they are essentially produced in the Orient. When we say the Orient it combines places like Middle East, northern part of Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Even here the way rugs are made is different depending on the place they are made. You can find out more from the pictures which are available on the internet on various websites when you decide on purchasing it.

Tufted rugs which are woven in India, China, as well as some other countries of Asia is a good alternative to the more costly Oriental rugs. They are also made by hand, the difference being that each knot is not knotted in the same manner as authentic Oriental rugs. This is reason for it they are less expensive. A tufted rug which is the same size as an Oriental rug would cost $700 compared to the $1500 you would have to pay for the original and it would also look very similar. But you have to remember that the value of the tufted rugs goes down very fast while the resale value of the Oriental rug is much higher and they even last longer.

One of the main details of Oriental rugs involves the way they are weaved. Some handmade Asian rugs, like the tufted rugs made in parts of China and India, look almost identical to Oriental rugs but lack the primary method of weaving: the individual hand-tied knots that are characteristic of the rugs. This knotting is what makes Oriental rugs so expensive and durable. While a tufted rug looks like an Oriental rug, it’s only about half as valuable and depreciates in value much faster.

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