Bored with your same old house interiors? Want to give it a facelift but lack funds? Well if help is not at hand, it is surely a few blocks away, at your neighborhood rug and carpet store of course. For area rugs are the in thing now.
An exquisite rug from India is the best choice you could make. Indian rugs are elegant, opulent and as rich as its colorful history and can tell loads about the type of person you are! Versatility is the name of the game when it comes to the Indian area rug, no matter what your house décor you will surely come across one that suits it perfectly. Whether they are the rich Dhurries or the Kashmiri area rug, you make a style statement that remains unparalleled. Moreover, the rugs are less expensive and easier to install and clean than carpets.
The Area Rug From India
The different types of the Indian area rug are:
Indian rug designs were mainly influenced by Persian styles like the curvilinear styles (Esfahan). Indo-mirs are another kind of Persian design popular in the 18th and the 19th century. It has strings of small botehs designed horizontally, diagonally and vertically all over and is called the mir-i-boteh.
Certain types of area rug from India get its name from different places in India like Agra, Jaipur and Kashmir. Rugs made in these places range from traditional Indian styles to Persian, Chinese, Turkoman and even European designs.
Another popular form of Indian area rug is the Dhurries, which are Indian flat-weaves. These rugs for small areas have their parallel in Native American Navajos.
The Indian area rug is hand embroidered and takes months to be completed. Make sure you give the proper respect to the craftsmanship by taking good care of it.
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