Persian rugs can be classified into Persian City Rugs and Persian Tribal Rugs. Each type within these two is generally named after the city or tribal name in which it is manufactured and intended. These are some of the most popular Persian rugs (the first four fall under Persian City Rugs):

Afshar Rugs: These are lesser rugs generally designed with geometric pattern. Multiple connected medallions in diamond shape, All-more than gul farangi (roses), botehs, and chicken-enjoy motifs (Afshar-e-Morghi) are the customary designs. Colors range from dark red, reddish brown, brown, dark reddish-blue, dark blue, burnt orange, ocher, and camel. The establishment is frequently wool, but cotton basis may furthermore be used in some rugs.

Tabriz Rugs: Most of the designs are curvilinear although geometric are also found. The symmetric (Turkish) knot is customary with numerous colors used in one rug, and very different in palette. The universal background and border colors used in this design are pink, peach, camel, beige, and ivory. The overall look of Tabriz rugs is pastel. Motifs may come in an assortment of colors such as blue, green, yellow, orange, and lavender. The establishment is typically silk and wool pile with silk highlights.

Kashan Rugs: Roughly 95% of the Kashan rugs pattern is curvilinear. An elongated diamond-shaped and lobed medallion with floral pendants is a popular conventional design. This style commonly has a navy medallion with similar corners and border in a red background or vise versa. Vase, hunting and pictorial are additionally fashionable. The universal background Kashan rug colors are navy, rich red, beige and ivory. Other colors such as red, blue, turquoise, ocher, beige, white, brown and occasionally green are used for the designs.

Kerman Rugs: These are furthermore typically curvilinear in pattern. They are prominent for Kerman pictorials which fall under the pictorial category of pattern. Traditional Kerman designs hold all-more than floral, boteh, stripes, paneled garden, prayer, vase, garden, hunting, animal, and pictorials using both Persian and European themes etc. Modern versions consist of Aubussons or Koran (Quran) medallion-and-corners with an open field. Rich red, red-blue, lime green, pink, ivory, gray-blue, turquoise, orange, champagne and beige are some of the colors commonly used.

Baluch Rugs: These rugs are hand-woven by the nomadic folks of the Baluch tribe in southern Iran, following an ancient Persian custom, dating back to 2500 years. The fashion is special with an overall pattern, with rich burgundy with some navy and ivory as the central colors.

Shiraz Rugs: Hand-woven rugs made in Shiraz, Central Iran, merely done with crudely done with the pile cut long with plain color schemes. Geometric motifs, little animals or plants are generally used in the designs with selvages done with a barber-pole effect using two colors. Red is the central color used.

Wiss Rugs: These tribal handcrafted rugs come from the village of Wiss, near Hamedan in Iran. Traditional dense floral patterns with vases, foliage, palmettes, and garden factors are usually used. Dark shade of red or burgundy is the chief color. Wiss rugs are known for the resemblance to Arak and Tabriz designs.

As for Oriental Rugs, these are the chief antique Oriental rug dealers, importers, providers, online galleries and companies available in the United States.

Krikor Markarian antique rug and carpet gallery (markarianantiquerugs.com): Located in New York City, Krikor Markarian specializes in collectible antique tribal rugs and other woven artifacts from the central Near Eastern and Asian weaving areas. It features 19th century Caucasian rugs, 19th century Persian tribal and village rugs, antique Main Asian weavings and antique Anatolian rugs.

Nalbandian Inc. (www.nalbandian.com): is a floor covering company that includes antique Oriental rugs, tapestries and textiles in its collection since 1826. The industry started in Ceasaria, (kaisery) Turkey, extending to Erevan, Tehran, Beirut, Paris, Monte Carlo, Aix En Provence, Marseille, Zurich, Boston and Los Angeles. Services additionally contain Restoration and Conservation.

Oriental Rug Mart (demanesrug.com): An Oriental rug company which has been purchasing, selling, cleaning and repairing Oriental rugs in central Illinois since 1919, in the name of James Demanes & Sons. Their rug emporium is located in the Demanes Galleries building in Peoria, Illinois. Services contain Hand wash, repair, restoration, and appraisal.

Pasargad (pasargadcarpets.com): Pasargad is an importer of hand-woven oriental rugs, featuring an broad line of hand-woven Chinese, Persian-design, and Indian masterpieces in vegetable-dyed wool. It is a family owned industry established in 1904, well-known for its in-home restoration and cleaning facilities, with showrooms in New York and Washington D.C.

Antiqueorientalrugs.com: is an online shopping gallery of an Oriental rug establishment started by Robert T. Mosby since 1969, who deals strictly in handmade, antique oriental rugs and not in mob produced program rugs. The website has a link to Ebay, whereas a selection of antique rugs is showcased, changing on a weekly basis. The industry is located in Sarasota, Florida.

Abraham Moheban & Son Inc. (moheban.com): The Company offers trade, designers and retail clients a decision of antique Persian, Indian, Turkish and European rugs and carpets. Located in New York City, it has an widespread collection of 18th to early 20th century pieces. Services hold hand washing, conservation, restoration and insurance valuation.

A.E. Runge Oriental Rugs (rungerugs.com): Located in Yarmouth, Maine, Runge Rugs was begun in the 1880s by Edward Runge. Its large inventory of handmade Orientals has been purchased almost entirely from estates and private individuals in New England and Europe dated between date between 1900 and the 1930s. All the products in the store is claimed to be authentic oriental rugs.

Antique Rug Gallery, Inc. (antiqueruggallery.com): This is an online gallery only, which operates in Massachusetts. The Antique Rug Gallery Inc. offers exclusively antique oriental carpets and tribal rugs, and accepts dealers as well as retail customers at wholesale prices. Services include written appraisals, wash and repair.

Antique Textile Gallery (frankames.com): The Company, buyer and seller of antique oriental carpets, Turkmen trappings, tribal rugs, decorative textiles and Kashmir shawls, was founded in Paris 25 years ago and moved to Manhattan's Upper West Side in 1986. The gallery is also a consultant and appraiser of antique, ancient and decorative textiles. Establishment is conducted by appointment only.