All Posts in: Oriental Rug Geography

• Geopolitical Events and the Oriental Rug Renaissance

  11.28.07 | Comment?

  A Little River carpet from Black Mountain Looms. Black Mountain Looms, in its formative stage, flew a spinner from Boulder, Colorado to teach Chinese weavers to spin wool by hand.

  Oriental Rugs Today: Chapter 1 Part 5
  Besides the movement of Tibetans into Nepal after China’s invasion of Tibet, several other international political events helped the rug […]

• Where are Oriental Rugs made?

  10.23.07 | Comment?

  Oriental rugs are made as far west as Morocco and as far east as eastern China; as far north as Mongolia and as far south as India. Today’s most important oriental rug weaving areas are in Turkey, Iran (Persia), Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and China.
  Why has rug-making grown up and persisted in these areas?