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How do you know if an Oriental rug is hand knotted?

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How do you know if an Oriental rug is hand knotted?
If you fold the rug and follow the pile down to the foundation and see that it has a knot at the end of it then it was made by hand. No machine can make the physical knot which is why they need apply glue or some sort of adhesive on the back to keep the pile from getting pulled out.
Nazmiyal
NazmiyalMarch 23, 2021
Vintage Chinese Wool and Silk Rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Fine and unusual handknotted vintage wool and silk rug. Very good condition with oxidated silk.
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Rug Silk Wool Hand Knotted by Djoharian Collection Contemporary Design
By djoharian-design
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
: Hand-knotted Customizable: Yes, on order in size and color Our collection of contemporary rugs is
Category

2010s Nepalese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Vintage Chinese Tabriz Wool and Silk Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
. Hand knotted wool. Hand knotted silk. Mahi Fish Design. Made in China. Measures: 09'03 x 12'04. Date
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Tabriz Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Modern Oasis Hand Knotted Wool, Silk Rug by Doris Leslie Blau
Located in New York, NY
Modern Oasis Hand Knotted Wool, Silk Rug by Doris Leslie Blau Size: 10'0" × 14'2" (304 × 431 cm) A
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Contemporary Rug Heriz Splashed Hand Knotted Modern Design Wool and Silk
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
A beautiful contemporary modernized Persian design hand knotted using finest wool and silk in 8 x
Category

2010s Nepalese Modern Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

"Binary - Blue + Cream" / 8' x 10' / Hand-Knotted Wool + Silk Rug
By Erik Lindstrom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A modern rug that has a silk texture to it. This rug has uses and loop hand knotting techniques. 60
Category

2010s American Modern Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Silk, Wool

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Located in New York, NY
Highly Artistic And Rare Antique European Silk and Velvet Textile, Origin: Europe, Approx. Circa Date: Nineteenth Century
Category

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Materials

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Beautiful and Fine Antique Chinese Textile 3'2" x 3'7"
Located in New York, NY
Finely Woven Antique Chinese Textile, Country of Origin: China, Circa Date: Late 19th Century
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tapestries

Materials

Silk

16th Century Antique Spanish Cuenca Fragment 2' x 6'2"
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful and rare 16th Century Antique Spanish Cuenca Rug Fragment, Country of Origin: Spain, Circa Date: Sixteenth Century
Category

Antique 16th Century Spanish Other Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool

Knotted Pictorial Design Kashan Antique Persian Rug 1'10" x 2'4"
Located in New York, NY
An Unusually Finely Woven / Knotted Pictorial Design Kashan Antique Persian Rug That Depicts A Portrait Of A Persian Man (most likely) With A Mustache, country of origin: Persian Rug...
Category

20th Century Persian Kashan Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Antique Silk Floral Vase Persian Islamic Prayer Design Textile 3'7" x 5'6"
Located in New York, NY
Antique Silk Floral Vase Design Persian Islamic Prayer Design Textile, Origin: Persia, Circa: 19th Century
Category

Antique 19th Century Persian Other Persian Rugs

Materials

Silk

Vintage Scandinavian Verner Panton Teal Color “checkers II” Textile 4' x 4'
By Verner Panton
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Scandinavian Verner Panton Teal Color “checkers II” Textile, Country Of Origin: Denmark, Circa Date: Mid 20th Century
Category

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Materials

Other

Happy Colorful Small Antique Artistic American Hooked Area Rug 3'8" x 5'10"
Located in New York, NY
Happy Colorful Small Antique Artistic American Hooked Area Rug, Country of Origin: America, Circa 1900
Category

Early 20th Century American American Colonial North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

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