Oriental Rug Care

A few weeks ago, we offered tips for caring for area rugs.  While an area rug is defined as a rug that covers only part of a floor in a room, not all area rugs are created the same.  Many times companies will label an area rug as an Oriental rug, but to be a true Oriental rug, it must be hand-knotted in Asia.  Likewise to be a true Persian rug, it has to be hand-knotted in Iran.  Hand-knotting is both a skilled and time consuming process where individual knots are hand-tied to create the pattern and pile of the rug.  True Orienta