Chinese rugs include a wide variety of rugs that use different materials, weaving methods, and designs. The nature of a Chinese rug depends on the era and region in which it was produced. The combination of Western influences and government control of the rug industry have changed the nature of Chinese rugs in recent decades, but traditional Chinese rugs all have certain common characteristics which make them easy to recognize. They use a much more limited palette of colors than many other Oriental rugs. In addition, the images used tend to have specific meanings rather than simply functioning as decoration. The Chinese rug experts at Oriental Rug Care NY have a great deal of expertise in all types of Chinese rugs, from thousand-year-old antique rugs to modern manufactured Chinese rugs. (more…)