Hand made Oriental rug is ultimate travel sumptuousness but to select, acquire and to finally possess it is a bona fide leathery job. For you to figure out the work path of buying this exotic travel luxury is not an easy task.

Now by just simply clicking to our few simple guidelines you can easily buy the Oriental rug - ‘Carpet’:



Where to buy it:



• Avoid carpet boutiques in the big cities.

• The city of Konya, in central Turkey is full with

home-grown whirling dervishes

• In India, visit Agra or Jaipur or scour the villages

of Mirzapur

• For simply designed and masterfully coloured carpets

buy it from China

• Beijing remains the centre of the trade

• In Morocco, spurn Marrakesh for the market village

of Azrou nearby and abandon Fes, thick with carpet

sharks.



What to look for:



• Learn to distinguish between hand made n machine

made carpet-

Count the knots on the back of the carpet.

Look for upwards of 120 knots a square inch.

• Learn to differentiate between natural and artifice

colours:

Colours should not fight for attention

Avoid ‘hot’ colours

Bend the carpet so as to expose individual threads

from the base to the tip. Synthetic dyes colour

threads evenly whereas natural ones tend to show

variance.

• Learn how to bargain by overpowering the dealer.



All the tips in your mind, you can easily avail the opportunity of grabbing a classic rug for you, which will add on luxury to your travel undeniably.



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