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In the most beautiful and enchanting land of India, there continues a famous tradition of rugs of the highest quality and beauty unparalleled anywhere.
India offers a wide range of floor coverings that have evolved over the centuries to suit a variety of tastes, climates and budgets. The woolen and silk rugs are more renowned compared to the other materials such as cotton and several vegetable fibres, which are used for making attractive and practically useful mats and durries. In the early stages, the motifs used in the Indian rugs were purely Persian. Later, various other designs were introduced from Afghanistan, Turkey, China, Morocco and France. Gradually, the pile rugs industry was Indianised and assumed a character of its own. Get hold of some rugs magazines to learn rugs history, rugs traditions and much more about rugs.
Each region developed a distinct style of carpet weaving. In the mountainous regions of India, from Ladakh through Darjeeling in West Bengal and Sikkim to Manipur, rugs are made of pure wool in glowing colors. The predominant motifs are those of the dragon, snow-lion and lotus. Patterns are also taken from Buddhist iconography with dhawaja (flag), the kalash (water-vessel) and the twin fish being favorites. rugs from these regions are based on techniques that are as distinct as the motifs. These are essentially Central Asian in tradition. For over 2500 years the patterns reproduced were those of flowers arabesques and rhomboids with an occasional animal design. The patterns have never become outmoded. Some motifs have a profound meaning: the circle signifies eternity, the zigzag water and light, the swastika darkness and the tree happiness and goodness. Would you like to learn more about rugs? Check out rugs magazines, rugs sites, rugs resources on the net. There is a nice rugs blog here. See what rugs are all about. Come on - rugs are waiting for you.