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Handmade Carpets & Rugs
Hand-knotted, hand-tufted, flatweave and felted floor coverings form a trade with its own vocabulary: knot density, pile height, warp material, wash and finish. The gap between a hand-knotted rug and a hand-tufted one is large in cost, life and disclosure obligation, and mislabelling is the most common dispute in the category. This section maps the weaving regions of the world, the wool and silk supply behind them, and the finishing steps — clipping, washing, stretching, binding — that decide whether a rug lies flat in a buyer's showroom.
Explore this craft worldwide
| Product range and what is available | Explore → |
| Best known products by country | Explore → |
| Design traditions and patterns | Explore → |
| How to judge quality in the finished piece | Explore → |
| Telling handmade from machine-made | Explore → |
| Sizes, forms and typical dimensions | Explore → |
| Colours, finishes and surface options | Explore → |
| Price levels in the market | Explore → |
| Care, cleaning and durability | Explore → |
| Uses, styling and where the product fits | Explore → |
| Buying, minimum orders and lead time | Explore → |
| What buyers should check before ordering | Explore → |
| Geographical indications and craft marks | Explore → |
| Market demand and current trends | Explore → |
Fix these before asking for a quotation
- The technique, named exactly — the process, not the look.
- The input specification: material, grade and source.
- An agreed variation tolerance for size, colour and weight.
- The finish system, including who applies it.
- The compliance regime of your selling market, identified before sampling.