Area Rugs & Runners
The earlier rugs which have been preserved, those found in the Pazyryk and other tombs of the Altai region of southern Siberia, date from about 500-400 BC, but sources confirm that woollen rugs were in use many hundreds of years before than.
The vast majority of oriental rugs consist of a pile knotted into a textile backing, but the other types are Felts, which may or may not be embroidered;Pileless flat-woven fabrics, which may also be embroidered or brocaded which are also known as Kilims, and Weft-loop rugs, which are primitive fabrics with a looped pile sewn into a simple flat weave.