If you’re shopping for a rug for your home it’s important that you know what it is that you’re buying a handmade or machine-made rug. In the world of rugs, there are two main types of rugs : handmade rugs and machine-made rugs. We’ll introduce some basic points when it comes to handmade rug construction and how to tell them apart from machine-made rugs.
* If your rug has a tag attached to the back of it then it has probably been made using a machine.
* Handmade rugs are usually made using wool and other natural materials.
* Genuine handmade rugs are usually produced in countries like Iran, Turkey, China, Nepal, Pakistan and India.
* Take a look at the fringe on your rug, If the fringe is part of the rug then your rug is probably handmade.
* Genuine handmade rugs are made with natural vegetable dyes that over the centuries.
* Price tags of several thousand dollars are justified when considering the cost of premium handmade rugs.
* The back of a machine-made rug usually has white lines running all over the back of the rug from one end to the other, these are the foundation yarns and they don’t appear in case of handmade rugs.
