CARPET AND ORIENTAL CARPET, THE CONFUSION

That we approach any element of a carpet, the differences between a mechanical rug and a real Oriental carpet are as great as between the earth and sky!

	Mechanical carpet	Oriental carpet
Origin	End 18th century	± 5th century BC
Place of manufacture	Industrialized countries	Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China ...
Production	Industrial mass production by weaving machines	Weaving and hand-knotting on the loom
Materials	All textile fibers	Wool, silk or cotton
Dye	Homogeneous and stable	Often imperfect. Providing variation phenomena
Colours	A limited number	Numerous
Strands*	Simply past around the warp	Hand knotted around two warps
Patterns	Reproduction	Traditional
Contours	Parallel edges Straight angles	Not parallel edges Not straight angles
Fringes	Usually added or absent	Are an extension of the chain
Edges	Overlapped sewed border	Woven edges

*The surface material, called pile, consists of small strands of wool or other material, in the form of points on the back of the carpet.

To summarize, let us remember that the mechanical aspect of carpet is regular, it is an industrial product.
The Oriental carpet is a handmade work, its irregularity is his characteristic, its manufacture is still manual.