Due to the high cost of silk silk rugs tend to be small and or be made with a combination of silk and wool or silk and cotton.
Wool silk blend rug.
The rug on the left is one of the most expensive persian silk rugs sold.
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There s nothing like a cozy area rug to make your living spaces feel warm and welcoming.
A rug made completely of silk on the other hand would generally have about 300 to 600 knots per square inch.
Because there are more knots it usually takes three or four times as long to weave a silk rug making a more intricate pattern.
A qum silk persian rug.
Wool rugs generally have about 100 to 300 knots per square inch.
The varying pile heights will add a spark of interest to these rugs.
Each rug has a dense soft pile and excellent quality to ensure that you will enjoy the look and feel of your rug for years to come.
Silk rugs are so exquisite and finely made that most owners display them on the wall rather than the floor.
These rugs are made of pure rayon from bamboo silk and wool hand tufted for the ultimate in luxury and durability.
Silk rugs come in two forms.
100 silk rugs and a wool silk blend together.
We ll break down the material more in the next section but either type is more expensive in general than wool rugs.