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Traditional rugs and oriental rugs to the trade
Traditional rugs to the trade: 427 Persian, Turkish, Chinese and European patterns from Couristan (94), Bloomsburg Carpet (65), Kane Carpet (63) and Nourison (30). Machine woven (68), Wilton (110) and hand-knotted (95) are the constructions; wool (112) and polyester (75) the fibers.
Traditional here means a medallion, an allover or a repeating border drawn from the oriental rug tradition: Tabriz, Heriz, Kashan, Oushak, Agra, Aubusson and Chinese Art Deco. Couristan weave the Persian style rugs on Wilton and machine looms in wool and polypropylene, which is how a corridor or a dining room gets the look at a working price; Prestige Mills do them hand-knotted in wool, in washed palettes that read as vintage.
The rule with rugs of this kind is to buy the size, not the pattern: a traditional area rug has a fixed border, so a 9x12 and an 8x10 of the same design are different drawings and the medallion should sit under the table or centered on the sofa. Red traditional rugs anchor a library; the faded blue and ivory versions go under a modern sofa as the one old thing in a new room. See Oushak and Persian pattern, hand-knotted and floral.
Before you specify, read the traditional rugs guide, Persian-style rugs guide and the Oushak rugs guide, written for the trade with the constructions, fibers and rooms that suit this look.
