Tag: Silk Persian Rugs

The Louvre Museum

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My family, since before I can remember, has a long standing history of collecting antique Persian and oriental rugs. The care and time spent creating and weaving a hand knotted rug represents not only a rich history, but also beauty as well. On a recent trip to Paris, France, I visited the Louvre Museum that houses a Persian rug from the 16th century. The gift was given in 1914 buy Joanny Peytel and is titled “Carpet with animals”. The small rug is made entirely of silk and is said to have come from Kashan, Iran. This Persian rug features a rare indigo blue color and various pictures of animals frolicking on a field.

It was by luck that I came across this particular Persian rug while on holiday. The accentuated beauty, interesting motifs and designs, and rich colors of a rug from so many years ago before my eyes made me love Persian rugs even more. Now, nearly four centuries later, I was able to witness evidence that expert weavers knew what they were really doing since they continue to be in such good condition even today for myself. I’ve always purchased my Persian rugs from 1800GetARug.com because of their great prices and authenticity. With their help, I can bring what I love the most into my own home.

Don’t Let Persian Rugs Control YOUR Life!

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My dad loves Persian rugs. We have them all throughout our house. He went on this two year Persian rugs binge – I know, I know, some dads go on drinking binges, some go on gambling binges, but I swear, my dad’s Persian rugs binge was just as detrimental to his health.

It started out small, you know, like  5 X 8’s mostly. He figured out that because silk is the most expensive, it must be the best. I enjoyed rubbing the rugs one way and watching how the colors changed when I rubbed them the other way. He bought a couple this way.

Then he started to get bigger Persian rugs. 13 x 15 room fillers. All silk. Sure they were gorgeous, but the lack of restraint he demonstrated was pretty hard on all of us. And pretty soon we had traveled to Argentina for a rare antique rug. It was one of the many wool hand knotted rugs out there, but the carnations on it were silken. And because it had lain in the home of an Argentine king for 80 years and a path was tread on a section of it, I was able to step in and save my dad some money. It was still thousands of dollars.

Now he’s better, and although I can’t say I don’t enjoy the beautiful rugs that adorn our walls and floors, he’s still recovering from all the rugs debt he built over those two years.

Persian Rugs Care

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Persian rugs are the finest in the world. Nothing grabs my attention like hand knotted rugs, made with fine silk or wool. It is another form of art, but one of the few kinds that can be executed with more than one pair of hands. Hand knotted rugs are worthy of being hung on your wall. That way you can admire them and preserve them for a longer time than if they were on the floor. Here are some more rug care tips:

Keep it away from the sun. This can fade your beautiful Persian rugs. If it is in the sun, rotate it monthly. If it is on the ground, rotate it four times a year, seasonally. This will help the rug to fade uniformly. Move furniture accordingly.

Straighten any gnarled fringe. Don’t comb the fringes, but fold one end of the rug to the other. This will straighten the fringe. Shake the rug if there are still some tangles.
Vacuum and keep clean your Persian rugs. It will also help the fibers look fluffy. Be careful, though. If your rug is expensive or antique and has threadbare spots, beater bars can make them worse. It’s best to turn off the beater bar.

Lastly, if you have a spill, clean it thoroughly and immediately. Absorb the spill with paper towel and then dampen it with water. If the spill remains, take it to a professional rugs cleaning service.

The Rules for Persian Rugs

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Area rugs can really make a big difference in the feeling of your home. If you have wooden floors, it is a great idea to add some texture to a room by placing oriental rugs in it. This added splash of color can enhance any gathering you have by allowing people to think about how your furniture interacts with your rugs.

And don’t think that Persian rugs won’t go with your current decor – they are so classic that they can go anywhere and look good. A great way to make your interior design more interesting is by combining different elements (modern with antique, leather and wool) for a unique room that offers options.

Silk or wool is a good choice if you are thinking about area rugs, though the former, I must warn you, is typically more expensive. It does attract light better, however, and also may function as a piece of decorative artwork. Should you buy a 5×8, you can hang it on the wall to appreciate its multitudinous colors and superb craftsmanship.

Persian rugs are excellent investments, appreciating dramatically once they become antiques. Remember to keep your Oriental rugs out of the sun, and if they’re underneath furniture, rotate them annually so they don’t become worn in one specific area.

The Relaxation of Oriental Rugs

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The relaxation oriental rugs provide is a luxury. It makes a big difference when you can sit in a living room with the floor beneath you a blaze of rich color and light. The silk Persian rugs capture and refract the glow from the logs burning in the fireplace. You rest your head against the back of your leather chair, feeling the cold scotch in your hand.

Your friend and confidant of many years is here tonight. You reminisce fondly on years past, the trials and errors of your youth. You sip the gold liquid from the tumbler feeling the warmth penetrate from your fingers to your toes. The fire crackles. Your friend admires the arabesques and floral curlicues in the deep burgundy around the area rugs, glances at the creamy white background the church blues sit on and the vibrant greens leaves that radiate from the center of the Persian rugs.

You become conscious of your pleasure, and it recedes. Your eyes make contact and you break the short silence that grew while the scotch worked. “Good to see you, old friend.”

“Good to be here.” And from the languid way his shoulders hang, and how his fingers splay on the easy chair, you know he means it.

How to Haggle for Persian Rugs

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You were in the market for fine oriental rugs. You searched all over your town and found a place on the east side. When you arrived at the warehouse you knew that you would find something worth buying, how could you not.

Inside a swarthy man with thick eyebrows and an aquiline nose greeted you. Do you have any fine Persian rugs you asked. He nodded obviously. He took you upstairs to the good stuff, the silk Persian rugs. I am looking for an 8 by 10 you said, silk. He walked away from you with his forefinger beckoning. There was a beautiful red rug, one of three silk Persian rugs you decided would look best in your living room beneath your brown leather couch.

The price of this rug is seven thousand dollars he said when you asked how much. That’s too much, you shook your head. I’ll give you three thousand cash you said. He scoffed and said I can do six thousand cash. You said I’ll pay you five thousand on credit and four in cash. He looked at you warily. Forty five hundred – cash, he said. You shook and knew that a deal on these fine Oriental rugs such as this is hard to come by.

Or you could just skip all the frustration and get an inexpensive rug at 1 800 Get A Rug.

Persian Rugs You Should Have Bought Months Ago

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You’ve  known you need area rugs for a long time. When you first moved in it was one of those things that you thought you’d get immediately but when you didn’t you put it off and convinced yourself that it was even better without them. Why cover the wood floors, you thought. But now it’s time.

The winter came and went and you felt the barrenness. You could have easily used the color and warmth, the texture and pleasure of walking barefoot comfortably. So now you begin shopping. And because you’re probably going to be in this home for awhile, it’s a good idea to invest in hand knotted area rugs you can be proud of.

Persian rugs are the finest. Silk is more expensive than Persian wool rugs. There are many designs and colors from which to choose, thus you should consider your interior decor and match it with your future Persian rugs.

When you choose which Persian rugs are right, you will remember your initial hesitation to buy as laziness. And through the seasons you will remember you purchase as the right thing to do and feel that your home is cozier, more natural and more properly adorned.

How Luxurious Area Rugs = Confidence

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The little things can make a big difference in your world. Nice things like silk Persian rugs can take your home from the same old traditional couch and coffee table kind of entertainment area to a fire-burning, rows of library books, pipe-smoking kind of luxurious suite. And it almost happens overnight, even if you don’t have a library with a  rolling ladder.

When you invest in area rugs you’re making a commitment to your home. You want to allow yourself a certain level of luxury and refinement. Area rugs are an ideal way to achieve that. These aspects of luxury are important to the way you live. If you can’t feel good about your living quarters, you probably can’t feel good about yourself. On the other hand, if you’re proud to come home and invite guests over, this will translate into greater confidence.

Textures are often unnoticed consciously, but that doesn’t mean your unconscious ignores the iridescent light that bounces off your silk Persian rugs. These details are important to creating an impression of splendor and quality. Your furniture will be buoyed by the fine materials and the confidence you have in your home and yourself will too. So go ahead and invest today!

Persian Wool Rugs vs. Silk Persian Rugs

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Which rug styles are the best I wondered as I browsed the rug shop? There are Persian wool rugs, silk Persian rugs and other Oriental rugs for sale.

Persian wool rugs are less shiny than silk. They are more practical because they are hardier and less about aesthetics due to the lack of sheen. Silk rugs should not get heavy foot traffic because they can wear and lose their luster.

After learning this I decided that it would behoove me to have one of each. Since I like to think of myself as a connoisseur, that is, a purveyor of the fine, good and beautiful, it seemed the right choice to choose one of the silk Persian rugs, perhaps to have in my library or maybe even to display on a wall.

But because I am also a rugged man, a man who understands the importance of getting his hands dirty, it seemed that Persian wool rugs are the choice for everyday use. The splash of color and proprietary warmth that comes from these area rugs is too pleasing to hide in an obscure corner of my home. And with that settled, I walked away with two fine, different rug styles.

A Deep Interest In Area Rugs

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I was over a friend’s house recently and could not help but stop everything to admire several silk Persian rugs he had in a few different rooms through out the house. Hors d’œuvres were served while I crawled along the floor of his study searching the intricacies of his hand knotted area rugs, and I love crab cakes. Drinks were poured while I used my camera-phone to photograph the area rug in his sun porch. Champagne might have been nice but I was too drunk off the craftsmanship to bother with it.

This happens to me fairly often. My wife thinks it is crazy how over taken by well crafted area rugs I can be sometimes, though she loved these particularly gorgeous carpets too. I just love a good area rug. I do not have many habits or hobbies but high quality are rugs. I don’t know where this interest stems from or where it is going but I think it’s a great hobby.

My friend and I spent the duration of the evening discussing online rug sales, hand knotting techniques, area rug placement and other rug related topics. It was a thrill to realize that our host just happened to be as serious a rug enthusiast as I was.