Types of Rugs for Home (Buying Guide)
Everyone knows that “rug” is another term used for “Carpets.” Originated in 4th century BC, the first rug was Pazyryk carpet. However, with the passage of time, the type and the source from which its material is obtained has undergone a sea change. With the several purposes nowadays, this commodity has gained popularity and so, does its market. As a result, the collection has turned livable and sophisticated featuring the exclusive designs in the wide range of rugs.
Therefore, in order to know more about the Modern Contemporary Rugs, explore the list below.
· Persian Carpet
Also known as Iranian Rugs, these carpets are made from sheep’s wool, cotton, and silk material. However, nowadays spinning of all three types of material is also done to produce a carpet.
Besides this, it has special types and formats, which involve Zaronim, Ghalitcheh, Dozar, Ghali, Kenareh, and Kelleghi format. Moreover, the most common type of motifs used in this type of carpets is Boteh, Bid Majnun, Mina Khani, and Shah Abbasi motif.
· Oriental Carpet
These carpets are knotted by hand only in some of the countries like China, India, Turkey, Pakistan, and Russia. In addition to it, the carpets are mainly made using cotton but some tribal rugs still use wool as its foundation base. The main applications of Oriental Carpet are home use, local sale, and export in different nations.
· Berber Carpet
The Berber carpets hand-woven and are made in both, traditional as well as modern styled-designs. Distinguished by several patterns of knotting, fabric texture, and dyes, these carpets mainly have a loop pile construction. Moreover, these modern contemporary rugs have dark-colored small flecks on a light-colored background, which somewhat resembles the traditionally designed Berber carpets.
· Hand-Tufted Carpet
As the name suggests, these type of carpets is made using the hand-operated material. Here, the word tufted illustrates the way these rugs are produced. In short, this process of creating carpets runs on a sewing machine having multiple-needles. In fact, these needles stitch hundreds of pile’s row yarn, which tufts with a supporting fabric called Primary Backing.
· Turkish Carpet
These rugs are also known as, Anatolian Rug. With an origin in Asia’s minor or adjacent regions, these carpets are manufactured using wool, cotton, and silk. However, sometimes the hair of camel and goat are also used.
· Moroccan Carpet
The Moroccan Carpets are the textiles, rugs, and weaves that are hand-woven in Morocco. Manufactured by Indigenous Morocco’s, these carpets were earlier produced for fulfilling the personal utility instead for the export or decorative purposes. To the surprise, untrained tribal people make these carpets. However, with the introduction of the 20th century, these rugs can be found mainly now in the West.
· Shaggy Carpet
The shaggy carpets also are known as Shag Rugs have a deep pile, giving a hairy and unkempt appearance to the carpet. To add on, these carpets are getting immense popularity these days due to high durability of its material.
With so many modern rugs on sale, hope this guide can now help you in making your choice for the type of material you like in carpets.