Oushak Design Wool Carpet Mocha Almost all the rugs of

Almost all the rugs of this kind that were produced between the 1890 - 1910 have a wool rather than cotton foundation and were made of very colorful

these carpets were handmade for royalty

The oldest -- some as old as several hundred years -- and highest quality Mahal carpets are called Sultanabad Mahal or Ziegler Mahal

as well as with gold and silver threads

in the 1820s

Oushak Design Wool Carpet Mocha Almost all the rugs ofUshak Oushak Carpets were woven in the town of Ushak (also known as Oushak) in Anatolia, about one hundred miles south of Ankara, the Turkish capital. Oushak rugs have been prized for their refinement, quality, and design for over 500 years ago, when they were first in high demand by nobility and royalty of the Ottoman Empire as decorative wall and table coverings. Since then, the reputation of Ushak Oushak rugs has withstood the test of time: as