Ever since the domestication of sheep, humans have been using wool to help keep themselves warm. By some estimates, as far back as 34,000 B.C., people have enjoyed the luxurious fibers of the fabric, well before even the invention of iron or sheers to sheer the wool. The production of the fabrics has changed somewhat [...] Read more »
Wool area rugs are the most popular of all types of area rugs on the market today. Wool is a durable and safe natural material and is easy to take care of and to keep clean. Floor rugs come in a wide variety of different materials from synthetic to natural fibers, and in a range [...] Read more »
What sorts of challenges face the person who needs to make an area rug? Several years ago, one Persian movie suggested a few answers to that question. It was a movie about a Japanese widower, a man who had once visited the country of Iran. After his wife’s passing, he returned to Iran, and asked [...] Read more »
The history of floor rugs dates back well into the beginning of civilization. People have been making area rugs since as far back as the history books can document. Some of the earliest forms were in the form of a hide or skin. Many hides were used as flooring or blankets in huts to keep [...] Read more »
