Imported Rugs
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The history and origin of Europian carpet weaving is not very clear. But it is known that some western countries did produce flat weaves and carpets more than a thousand years before the pile rugss were introduced in Europe.
There are a great number of facts that show that Oriental carpets were imported in Europe for the first time only after 1000 AD.
That means that imported rugs from Asian region had been known in Europe for a pretty long time.
It is believed by a great number of people that Venice had imported rugs from Asia in the 15th century. This fact means that Europeans liked Oriental rugs more then that of their own.
That is also proved by the fact that by the end of the 17th century, imported rugs from Persia were the highly desirable in Europe.
Imported rugs were hand woven and their quality was tremendous and almost unimagenable for the europian weaver of that time.
At the beginning of 13 century Eleanor of Castile brought along with her into England a great number of Spanish rugs. That types of rugs may have come from Cordoba or Granada. Step-by-step, the wealthier British started using pile imported rugs throughout their homes.
By the middle of the 19th century almost all countries of Europe had imported rugs from far east.
Today, handmade imported rugs are unique and almost rare and the western industry cannot compete with their qualities.