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Rug Types - overview
- The 5 main geographical areas

We can categorize oriental rugs in different types. It can be done with reference to the motives: Medallion, hunting, vase, floral, geometrical figures and “praying rugs”. Or we can categorize them according to production methods and origin, as it has been done on this site with nomadic- village- and workshop rugs.
Finally we can categorize oriental rugs into 5 main geographical areas.

1. Iran/Persia
2. Turkmenic Group
3. Caucasian/Russian Group
4. Turkish/Anatolian group
5. The Indian, Pakistani, North African and Chinese group