Algeria: Moorish women making Arab carpets, Algiers, 1899. An authentic oriental rug is a handmade carpet that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile. By definition - Oriental rugs are rugs that come from the orient. The simple definition of the term would be - rugs that come from (were made in) an Asian Country such as: China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey, Maghreb countries, Cyprus and Iran in the west and the Caucasus in the north to India in the south.

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