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 Interior Design with Oriental Rugs | Interior decorating with oriental carpets
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Designing your Interior with Oriental Rugs Browse through fifty years of Architectural Digest, and you will find that Oriental rugs are featured in at least one home in every issue. In fact, Oriental rugs have been prized in Western interiors since the 16th century. Why? Because they make rooms look wonderful, and they do it instantly, without any trouble at all. Besides that, they’re practical. They’re easy to care for and they last for decades.... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/interior-design-rugs.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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Oriental Rug Emergency Care | Advice for rug spills and pet stains, wet rugs
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Emergency Care for Oriental Rugs If you don’t find the information you need below, call 1-888-811-RUGS (1-888-811-7847) or 510-526-1087 during business hours. Spills and Pet Stains 1. Whether it is wine, coffee, coolaid, urine, paint or whatever, the first step is to remove as much of it as possible from the rug- as soon as possible. Paper towels work well. Keep blotting until you have got as much out as possible. 2. After blotting, many spills will re... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-care.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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 Where are Oriental Rugs made and why? Rug weaving areas
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Where are Oriental Rugs made? Oriental rugs are made as far west as Morocco and as far east as eastern China; as far north as Mongolia and as far south as India. Today's most important oriental rug weaving areas are in Turkey, Iran (Persia), Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and China. Why has rug-making grown up and persisted in these areas? Is there something about the geography and climate that promotes rug weaving? Plentiful grassland pastures ... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-geography.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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 Oriental Rug Identification | Guide to oriental carpet types
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company 25 Oriental Rug Identification Tools Learn these tips and tricks and you too can identify Oriental rugs. 1. If it was woven before World War 2, it is neither a Qum nor a Nain . Alone of all the finely knotted city rugs, old Tabriz carpets are almost invariably tied with the symetrical knot 2. Hamadans (made in several hundred different villages in N.W. Iran) are tied with a symmetrical (Turkish) knot, have cotton warps and wefts, one row of wefts between eac... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-indentify.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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 Old Oriental Rugs vs New Oriental Rugs | From Oriental Rugs Today
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Old Rugs vs New Rugs Reprinted without photos from . Collectors of old rugs don't like new Oriental rugs, or haven't until recently, and if they like them now, it is only with reluctance. Interior designers have a similar attitude. They are preoccupied with a ‘look', and they associate that look with old rugs. But they are pragmatic, and I believe that exposure to the excellent new rugs of this era (and the color plates in this book) will convince many... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-old-new.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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Oriental Rugs Primer | Oriental carpet basics
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Oriental Rugs Primer In What Way Are Oriental Rugs Unique? Oriental rugs are different from all others in that their pile (usually wool) is tied to their foundations. That is why they are referred to as hand-knotted rugs, and that, more than anything, accounts for why they last so long—often 50-80 years in use. That also accounts for their expense. The knot-count in a square inch of an average Oriental rug is something like 100. What Country Makes the ... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-primer.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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Judging Quality in Oriental Rugs and Carpets | Condition, knot-count, etc.
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Judging Quality in Oriental Rugs Connoisseurs spend lifetimes weighing which Oriental rugs are worthy of their collections. In the end it all comes down to taste, and for you too, your own taste is finally what matters. Still, there are criteria by which Oriental rugs are often judged that are commonly agreed on. Some are elementary and nearly self-evident: · Good rugs lie flat on their backs, without wrinkles or ripples along their edges. Rugs with w... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-quality.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Basics
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 Persian Rug Spotlight: Sarouk type Persian rugs
Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company Persian Rug Spotlight: Sarouks What is a Sarouk? A Sarouk is a type of Persian rug originally woven in the Arak weaving district of Iran in the late 19th and early 20th century. Some are expensive: $45,000 to $60,000 for a great 9' by 12', for example. But what is the difference between a Ferahan and a Ferahan Sarouk? Or between a Malayer and a Josan Sarouk? And why does America get to have its own kind of Sarouk? For collectors and home-decorators alike, bi... - http://www.internetrugs.com/learn/oriental-rugs-sarouk.html 28/04/2006 - Category: Persian
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