Inexpensive Persian Rugs

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One of the factors for defining the quality of your rug is where it was made.

Floor coverings go back to the earliest days of civilization, starting with simple woven mats and ending today in synthetic stain-resistant carpets. People have always needed to cover or protect their floors, and design and decor needs have become the driving factor in recent centuries as rugs have been used to define and anchor spaces in small and large rooms.

Persian rugs were first produced in the Persian cities of Tabriz, Kashan, Kerman, and Herat (during the 1500s and 1600s).

There are a variety of types of rugs available today. There are contemporary and modern rugs.

Rugs today as best found online. Very attractive and affordable rugs can easily be found on the internet.

Designs vary in these rugs but are usually not intricate. Serapi rugs are among the most inexpensive of all of the Persian rugs.

All Persian rugs ARE Oriental rugs but not all Oriental rugs are Persian rugs. Hopefully, that makes sense.

There are weaving shops in the cities of Kashan, Kerman, Isfahan, Joshaqan, Tabriz, Yazd, Shiraz, Herat (part of Afghanistan today) and Sabzevar. Skilled rug weavers are recognized as famous artists.

Also affecting prices is the consideration of the wool being used. Handspun wool, being less perfectly spun will accept the colors of the dyes at different depths of the same shade and will show more variation in color than machine spun wool.

More recently, new production using vegetable dyes and hand-spun wool has begun to appear in various areas.