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How To Make Oriental Rugs

Have you ever wondered how Oriental rugs are made?

The basic process of making an Oriental rug has been the same for at least 2,500 years!
See the webpage of the oldest know Oriental rug, the Pazyryk Carpet at the Hermitage Museum. Scholars and experts agree that the process of making pile rugs is probably even older, but there are no surviving rugs to prove it.

Our slideshow will walk you through how real, hand-knotted Oriental rugs are made. Making true Oriental rugs, like ours, is a long, difficult and expensive process. It requires great expertise and artistic sensitivity at every point. We hope you enjoy this look into how it's done!
By the way, I, Richard, took all of these pictures myself.

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Dipping the Wool Dyer prepares the wool that will be used in making our Oriental rugs	Making Oriental Rugs: Dyeing the Wool Checking the wool during dyeing	Natural Dye Raw Materials Raw materials for the natural dyes used in making our Oriental rugs	Making Oriental Rugs: Wool Drying Wool hanging to dry	Making Oriental Rugs: Hand-spun Wool Drying Hanging to dry in the sun
All the Colors A selection of 15 colors	Coiling the Wool Weavers coil the wool	Making Oriental Rugs: Drawing the Cartoon Artist draws an Oriental rug cartoon	Artists Working Working with the cartoons	Making Oriental Rugs: Rug Cartoons Checking the final cartoon
The Wool Room Weighing wool in the wool room	Making Oriental Rugs: Choosing the Wool Rug artist/weaver chooses the colors	Making Oriental Rugs: Loading the Wool Balls of wool for the pile are loaded on the loom	Making Oriental Rugs: Weaving Begins Weavers begin to make the rug	Loom Close-Up Close-up of warp and pile
Weaving Room Master Weaver working	Making Oriental Rugs: Tying Off a Knot Weaver finishes a knot	Massive Loom Many weavers at a large loom	Finished for the Day Weaving finished for the day	Making Oriental Rugs: Looms Room with many looms
Making Oriental Rugs: Blocking & Stretching Oriental rugs being blocked after washing	Stretching in the Sun Oriental rugs stretching and drying in the Sun	Ironing out Wrinkles Remaining wrinkles are ironed out	Making Oriental Rugs: Shearing the Pile Specialist shears the pile carefully	Securing the Fringe Weaver secures the ends of the rug
Final Trimming Final checking and trimming	Pile Detail of Shirvan Rug A close-up of the pile of a Shirvan rug	Knot Detail of Shirvan Rug A close-up showing the knotting of a Shirvan rug.	Richard on Custom Serapi Rug Richard and weavers on custom Serapi rug

For everyone who has ever wondered "How are Oriental Rugs Made?", we hope our slideshow is interesting and informative.

See important information about buying an Oriental rug.

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