Rug Renaissance -- Prelude: The state of affairs before the renaissance -- Renaissance: How, what, where, when and why -- A Chronology of the renaissance -- How Oriental Rugs Are Made Today... and Why Good Rugs Cost Extra -- Issues Involving New Rugs -- Choices You Will Have To Make -- Old rugs vs. new -- Natural dyes vs. synthetic -- Handspun vs. machine-spun wool -- Final considerations: dyes and spin -- New rugs that look old -- Some common misconceptions about new Oriental rugs -- Rugs by Region -- Rugs and Carpets of Turkey -- Rugs and Carpets of Nepal and Tibet -- Rugs and Carpets of Pakistan -- Rugs and Carpets of India -- Rugs and Carpets of Afghanistan -- Rugs and Carpets of China -- Rugs and Carpets of Iran, Egypt, and Romania -- Future of the Renaissance.
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