Antique Persian Rugs

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Anyone buy a silk rug in Beijing China?

We are looking at silk rugs in Beijing. They appear to be silk... but we were unsure how to tell or if they usually are? Did anyone buy one and confirm its real silk? (They say they are handmade but are too perfect - we assume machine made)...but not sure if they are real silk? Is there a place someone would recommend buying one (we were looking at pearl market)? How can you tell if it is real silk? What is the "scam" if there is one that we should look out for? Any help would be GREAT!!!

the above is great adive, you can also do some research on line to find real silk rug stores, as well as asking the hotel that you are staying at where you can buy real one

New Ideas for Handmade Rugs $22.37 Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hardtofind books with something of interest for everyone Author: Varick, Elizabeth Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.10 inches

Handmade Haya Bath Rugs (Set of 2) $44.66 Bring brilliant color to your bathroom decor with this set of Haya rugs Casual bath rugs features a solid color with contrasting borders Handmade mat is constructed of 100-percent soft cotton Functional and eye-catching Machine washable Measures 1 foot 5 inches high x 2 feet 5 inches long Available in pink/purple, green/blue, yellow/blue, green/ light blue, blue/green and yellow/orange color options Measures 0.1875 inch thickTip: We recommend the use of a non-skid pad to keep the rug in place on smooth surfaces.All rug sizes are approximate. Due to the difference of monitor colors, some rug colors may vary slightly. Overstock.com tries to represent all rug colors accurately. Please refer to the text above for a description of the colors shown in the photo.Imported

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How to tell machine Vs. Handmade Rugs and Carpets

Rugs: More than a Carpet

Today when furnishing your new home, you will probably go and buy a rug from a High Street shop and place it on your floor. However, it has not always been this way. Rug making has been traced back to ancient times and it is thought they were first made and used by nomadic tribes in Asia. The oldest rug that has been discovered was found in 1949 in Southern Russia. It dates back to 500 B.C. and is known as the Pazyrk carpet.

However, when rugs were first made, they were not just used as a floor covering. The tradition was to use rugs to decorate walls, ceilings and tables. This type of usage was particularly prevalent in Asia. The rugs would be made by hand on a loom, which was a laborious and time-consuming process. To begin making a rug a loom must be set up with warps, which are thick and strong pieces of (usually) cotton of wool that run the length of the rug. Wefts run the width of the rugs and are normally weaved in and out of the warps to form the foundation. Knots of the material the rug is being made from are then tied around the warps to form the pile of the rug.

Luckily, in the present day, machines have been invented that can do this job much more easily and quickly. Modern rugs are normally made in factories on mechanical looms, which means the process is much less laborious. One of the first mechanical looms invented was the Jacquard loom, so called because Joseph Marie Jacquard invented it. The loom works by creating designs from a pattern that has been placed onto a card in the form of punched holes. This is then placed into the loom and the hooks that create the design are either raised up or down depending on what is punched on the card. This began the process of revolutionising the way rugs were made, by cutting out the hours of labour.

Despite this, there is still a niche in the market for handmade rugs and it is still a profitable trade for some people. One of the reasons for the interest in handmade rugs today can be traced back to an event in Vienna in 1891. The Austrian Trade Museum held an exhibition of handmade Oriental rugs that came from major traders and Austrian royalty. The exhibition also displayed the famous Ardabil carpet, just after it had been restored. This carpet was purported to have one of the most famous Persian carpets. It can be seen today on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

This, and other public displays of carpets resulted in an increased interest in handmade carpets and Persian rugs in particular. Books were produced which contained pictures of particularly beautiful carpets. In addition to this, information was given about the designs and weaving and production techniques. This made handmade rugs into something of an art form and wealthy people all over the world began to purchase them to decorate their homes. Today, people are still buying handmade rugs to enhance the décor in their homes and handmade rugs are still being made all over the world.

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