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An oriental rug is a heavy textile, made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purpose, produced in “ Oriental countries” for home use, local sale, and export.
Oriental carpets can be pile woven or flat woven without pile, using various materials such as silk, wool, and cotton. Examples range in size from pillow to large, room-sized carpets, and include carrier bags, floor coverings, decorations for animals, Islamic prayer rugs (sajjadah), Jewish Torah ark covers ( parochet), and Christian altar covers. Since the High Middle Ages, oriental rugs have been an integral part of their cultures of origin, as well as of the European and, later on, the North American culture.
Geographically, oriental rugs are made in an area referred to as the “Rug Belt”, which stretches from Morocco across North Africa, the Middle East, and into Central Asia and northern India. It includes countries such as northern China, Tibet, Turkey, Iran, the Maghreb in the west, the Caucasus in the north, and India and Pakistan in the south. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs. Since many of these countries lie in an area which today is referred to as the Islamic world, oriental rugs are often also called “Islamic Carpets”, and the term “oriental rug” is used mainly for convenience.
In 2010, the “traditional skills of carpet weaving” in the Iranian province of Fārs, the Iranian town of Kashan, and the “traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving” in the Republic of Azerbaijan" were inscribed to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
Usage examples of "oriental rug".
There was a silk Oriental rug in front of a nice rose davenport in front of the nice fire, and beside that there was Scotch and swish on a tabouret, ice in a bucket, everything to make a man feel at home.
A seemingly authentic knight's armoured helmet and a pair of long doeskin gloves sat on one corner of the hibachi, an antique Oriental rug was rolled up along another wall.
Hamid has promised to send us an Oriental rug especially for our Headquarters with our question-mark symbol woven into the design.
There was an Oriental rug on the waxed floor and delicate Chinese paper on the walls.
As Thrse ran between Jon and her father, Jon dove behind a large-couch covered with an Oriental rug and came up with his Walther in both hands.
There was an Oriental rug on the floor, and the oak-paneled walls were lined in books.
It was the unmistakable evidence of a paperback book hitting an Oriental rug.
A curved settee in icy blue brocade was sprinkled with pillows that picked up the tones of a floor-spanning Oriental rug.
The motifs were organized as thoughtfully as a paisley shawl or Oriental rug.
A small pool of blood had gathered under what was left of the chair, soaking into the Oriental rug.