Rug making chronicles

oriental rugs

Spain produces some hand-knotted pile carpets, and for a time the Alpujarra peasant rugs were reproduced for export (but none have been imported in recent years because there has been no demand for them).

It makes no great difference in what country or in what factory a handmade period reproduction is woven. The firms that import them to the United States send the designs and the fabric speci­fications from here, and they will place their order wherever they can get good quality and workmanship at the best price.

The unique flat weave of the Aubusson is still made largely in France, though some rugs have been produced in Czecho­slovakia. Designs of any of the French periods are available.

There is a small and possibly growing rug industry in South America, where labor is cheap and carpet wool available.