An authentic
oriental rug is a handmade
carpet that is either knotted with
pile or woven without pile.
By definition, oriental rugs are rugs that come from the "
Orient" (East). The simple definition of the term would be rugs that come from (were made in) an Asian country such as:
China and
Vietnam in the east to
Turkey,
Maghreb countries,
Cyprus and
Iran in the west, the
Caucasus in the north, and
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,
Arabian rugs,
Anatolian rugs,
Kurdish rugs,
Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs,
Turkestanian (Turkmen, Turkoman) rugs,
Chinese rugs,
Tibetan rugs and Indian rugs.
In the
Occident,
the collecting of oriental rugs as an art form really began in the
1880s. It was confirmed by two exhibitions. The first exhibition of
oriental rugs was in 1891 consisting mostly of the rugs of the Imperial
House of Habsburg, but including some from private collections as well.
The second, and more influential, was in London in 1892, and was capped
by the sale of a single carpet for £2,500.
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Gallery
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A Central Asian rug, 19th century, influenced by Chinese decorative
arts. "Chinese designs often influenced designs in carpets from eastern
Central Asia"
[1], here, the flowers and background show color alternation within a rectangular grid.
Notes
- Erdmann, Kurt (1970). Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-520-01816-7. (translated from the German Siebenhundert Jahre Orientteppich by May H. Beattie and Hildegard Herzog)
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