Origin Of The First Rugs December 27, 2024 – Posted in: Carpet

According to excavations, the oldest hand-knotted oriental carpet comes from the region of today’s Iran and is approx. 2,500 years old. The carpet had a knot density of more than 300,000 knots per square metre and was hence above the knot density of most modern handmade carpets. It is said that hand-knotted carpets originate from nomadic tribes who processed wool into the first flat woven fabrics well over 500 years before Christ. Today, these flat…