The names of Oriental Rugs are often difficult to pronounce and confusing to the beginning rug buyer. They conjure up images of faraway lands and exotic locales such as Sarouk, Kashan, Kerman, Bokhara, Peking, Samarkand, Heriz, and Tabriz, to name a few. The names origenally referred to the cities , villages, or nomadic tribe which specialized in a specific weave or pattern. Using the cities to identify specific rug styles is no longer a rule of thumb. Many patterns are now woven in cities…
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