Decorating With Antique Oriental Rugs

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Decorating with antique oriental rugs.

Another of the legendary weaving masterpieces in no way inferior to persian and turkish ones are antique indian rugs. The antique oriental rugs that were woven prior to the 1920 s from persia represent an unfathomable range of rug patterns and styles with an enormous breadth of influence from semi nomadic tribes to imperial weaving traditions established by the safavid and moughal mughal empires. To determine what rug size to buy measure your room s width and length and then subtract 2 to 3 feet from each dimension. My first job at the pacific design center was at a rug showroom jh minassian and i was in love with all of the beautiful antique and reproduction rugs.

23 responses to decorating with persian rugs meet vanessa april 21 2011. Is the rug the focal point of the room. They fit best in oriental inspired spaces. But there are a few secrets to showcasing it at its.

Here you will find colonial furniture and lots of native accents as well as highly decorative ornaments. Antique handmade oriental rug carpet ferhan sarouk 1908 wool rug signed rare. Offering beautiful persian tribal rugs and traditional afghan rugs woven with hand spun vegetable dyed wool in antique designs. Decorating with antique oriental rugs the finest antique persian carpets caucasian rugs and indian carpets are artworks that are have a timeless quality that is always in style they are infinitely versatile and work as great unifiers that effectively integrate the architecture furnishings and other artworks of a room.

After all decorating with antique rugs is a tradition. So when a pal asked me the other day how to make other patterns work with an oriental floor covering i sensed an ideabook in the making. Decorating with antique rugs image via apartment therapy 1. Arabesques and lotus flower motifs go hand in hand with palmettes and paisleys.

Using a rug that is between 2 and 3 feet smaller than the area of your room will make the space feel more open and balanced. Jimmy the undercover designer april 21 2011. While there are no hard and fast rules about decorating with oriental rugs the wrong mix and match could cause the décor in the room to clash and look discordant instead of giving the room a harmonious look. 1 850 00 7 x 10 3 stunning antique hand made oriental carpet c 1920 s 17099 as is.

They are also a great way to showcase a special piece of furniture. A smaller sized rug used as the focal point. No matter what its color scale origin or pattern is a good quality oriental rug never goes out of style and it works with just about any design scheme.