Cotton Knots Exposed On Oriental Rugs

Two basic knots are used in most persian and oriental rugs.

Cotton knots exposed on oriental rugs.

An oriental rug s pile makes it unique. The symmetrical turkish or ghiordes knot used in turkey the caucasus east turkmenistan and some turkish and kurdish areas of iran and the asymmetrical persian or senneh knot iran india turkey pakistan china and egypt to make a turkish knot for an oriental rug the yarn is. White knots in oriental rugs are an inherent characteristic of authentic oriental rugs. In the loom photo to the right turkish weavers are weaving a wool rug.

You can see very clearly that cotton has been strung up on the loom as the warps fibers running the length of the rug and that cotton is also being used as the wefts fibers running the width of the rug in between the rows of knots to hold them in place. In order to be classified as an authentic oriental rug the rug must be hand woven or hand knotted of natural fibers usually wool but sometimes cotton or even silk. The small white or off white spots that appear at random in a few or sometimes many places on the surface of these rugs are very common. Made in turkey this area rug is machine woven from stain and fade resistant polypropylene in a low 0 37 pile perfect for rolling out in high traffic living rooms and dining spaces prone to occasional spills and stains alike.