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No matter where you go in the world you are bound to find multifarious types and ranges of carpet, manufactured and finished both, domestically as well as internationally, with pricing of such carpets varying accordingly. Some of the types would include velvet, chenille, Brussels, hand woven (which is expensive and in demand), ingrain, hooked, straw based, fiber, Wilton oriental and European.
These types can further be classified according to their origination and antique nature (particularly in case of oriental carpets which are getting rarer) or modernized and contemporary forms.
Such materials can be dyed with the conventional vegetable dyes (which are very common and preferred) and aniline dyes (which are not that sought after). Then you get the variations in the hand woven carpets.
A lot of oriental carpets are soaked in chlorine based liquids to give them an antique look or glycerine to further complement the fine wool present the carpet. More commercialized and frequently adopted method would be to temper with the basic ancient designs and looks.
Most of the oriental based mats or rugs are based on delicate patterns which are clearly substantive looking due to its rich coloring and are usually associated with Persia or the ones that are procured from the traditional patterns of asian turkey (which are also commonly available in the basic designs and old fashioned and patent colors of Caucasus and Turkistan and also a decorative piece of item pertaining to China).
A lot of westernized countries (particularly in the European countries) are also involved in manufacturing selective hand woven carpet based on Aubussons (tapestry) and Savonneries (pile).
However, the modern trend is not to rely on hand woven carpets (for commercial and financial reasons) but to use the technology to produce complex and intriguing patterns by use of delicate machinery specially designed and created for manufacturing of carpets.
Carpets manufactured in the region of Brussels for instance have a patent and specific usage of linen along with worsted yarn designed into loops with the assistance of wiring. This is achieved by means of numerous bobbins with multi color warp threads enabling the pattern to take a definitive shape which stands out. The numbering is termed as three-, four-, five-frame etc.
Velvet, for example, can be equated with the tapestry Brussels having a pile cut.
Asminster, another commonly used type for carpet manufacturing relies on wide range of colors for bringing out the designs by using the machines which mixes and matches the various color patterns to give them a unique and distinctive look and feel.
