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#1 Posted : Wednesday, March 2, 2011 9:17:38 PM(UTC)
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Hello: We bought a rug from a donation store for $50. It seems to be very high quality....wool fibers....hand-knotted. Can someone help? We would love to find out what kind of rug this is. thanks!


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#2 Posted : Thursday, March 3, 2011 5:27:54 AM(UTC)
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Sorry it's very hard to tell from the pictures you've posted. It does look hand-knotted but doesn't look to be too high a quality. Design Indo-Nepal? From the pictures provided it is really difficult to even make out what it is.
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#3 Posted : Thursday, March 3, 2011 10:15:27 AM(UTC)
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Looks like it is probably an indo nepal. You got a great deal. It's hand knotted
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#4 Posted : Thursday, March 3, 2011 5:55:26 PM(UTC)
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Thank you for responding....I have attached new photos. Again, this rug was donated to a Goodwill store and I bought it for $50. Hoping someone can help us identify what type of rug or where it might have come from. It's 8 x 10, wool fibers, no stains, rips or holes. Thanks!
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#5 Posted : Friday, March 4, 2011 11:40:43 AM(UTC)
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Your rug is a Indo-Nepali. This means it is made in India using a technic that comes from tibetan rug making. It is nice in design, but the value is not very high. Rugs in this quality sell at a price of approx. 3 - 4 $ per squarefoot new retail.
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Little-Persia Offline
#6 Posted : Friday, March 4, 2011 11:59:05 AM(UTC)
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KAD wrote:
Your rug is a Indo-Nepali. This means it is made in India using a technic that comes from tibetan rug making. It is nice in design, but the value is not very high. Rugs in this quality sell at a price of approx. 3 - 4 $ per squarefoot new retail.


Retail? A 3x2m wool hand-knotted rug for £140? Where from?!

But yeah, Maynard, good buy for $50 but not a top top quality knotted rug - these are kind of modern knotted rugs probably aimed at getting customers onto the hand-knotted ladder.
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#7 Posted : Saturday, March 5, 2011 4:39:53 AM(UTC)
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Little persia - look at the picture with the quater - looks like below even 40 knots! I am sure not even half of the pile is wool.
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Little-Persia Offline
#8 Posted : Saturday, March 5, 2011 6:57:52 AM(UTC)
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I suppose. Although I'd struggle to get decent quality machine-made wool for that price. Not my cup of tea and I don't understand why they make these 'modern' rugs hand-knotted but then I suppose crude Gabbehs could be considered fairly modern with low knot counts...
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#9 Posted : Saturday, March 5, 2011 11:24:03 PM(UTC)
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it may be low in knots, but as long as its being made, replacement costs continues to rise.
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