While most people associate oriental rugs with traditional pile rugs, there are actually many styles of rugs that are produced and sold as oriental rugs. The style of rug generally refers to the type of construction that is employed to make the rug.

On the threads that remained, needle weaving is done using the buttonhole stitch to form the designs. Most of the designs were worked around the gridwork of squares with diagonal crossings.

Aria' s has a broad selection of oriental rugs.

Kilims are flat-weave rugs originally produced in a village or tribal environment. The designs tend to be geometric, often incorporating various symbolic motifs.

These rugs are produced using a flat-weave technique where the weft (horizontal) threads are wrapped on the warp (vertical) threads, creating a chain stitch brocade look. This process creates a rug which is reversible and which has no dark or light side.

A tapestry is a flat-weave rug or wall hanging that generally incorporates a very detailed design or picture.

These rugs are produced by tying the pile to the warp threads and then trimming the final rug to produce an even surface. As each knot must be hand tied, these rugs take a lot of time and effort to produce.

A tufted rug is a pile rug where the pile yarn is wrapped around the warp threads, but is not tied.

Matrix Oriental Blossom rugs give a very modern take on the classic floral theme. They use bold colours in the design against great natural background colours.

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