Carpet manufacture in Algiers, Algeria, c. Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's 1899.

An authentic oriental rug is a handmade carpet that is either knotted with pile or woven without pile. A carpet is any loom-woven felted textile or grass floor covering In Textiles pile is the raised surface or nap of a Fabric, which is made of upright loops or strands of Yarn. Oriental-design rugs made by machine or any method other than hand knotting or hand weaving are not considered authentic oriental rugs. The Orient is a term which simply means the " East " It originated in Western Asia to describe that part of the world

These rugs normally come from a broad geographical region extending from China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey and Iran in the west and the Caucasus in the north to India in the south. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs.

Oriental rugs are organized by origin: Persian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian rugs, Chinese rugs, and Tibetan rugs. The Persian carpet ( Pahlavi bōb Persian farš فرش meaning "to spread" and qāli) is an essential part of Tibetan rug making is an ancient art and craft in the tradition of Tibetan people

See also

• Azerbaijani rug
• Persian rug
• War rugs

External links

• The Oriental Rug Blog. Azerbaijani rugs are a product of Azerbaijan, an ancient center of carpet weaving The Persian carpet ( Pahlavi bōb Persian farš فرش meaning "to spread" and qāli) is an essential part of war rug tradition of Afghanistan has its origins in the decade of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 1979, and has continued through subsequent military political Including content from the seminal book Oriental Rugs Today by Emmett Eiland.
• Weaving Art Museum a nonprofit art organization
• Oriental Rugs History. Excerpts from the book, Oriental Rugs, by John Kimberly Mumford, published 1900, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.