Authentic
Oriental Rugs are handmade carpets that are either knotted with a pile or woven without a pile. Oriental-design rugs made by machine or any method other than hand knotting or hand weaving. These are not considered to be authentic oriental rugs.
Oriental Rugs normally come from a broad geographical region that extends from China and Vietnam in the east to Turkey and Iran in the west. It also stretches from the Caucasus in the north to India in the south. People from different cultures, countries, racial groups and religious faiths are involved in the production of oriental rugs. These rugs are organized by origin in the following categories: Persian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkistan Ian rugs, Chinese rugs, and Tibetan rugs.