Oriental and Persian rugs are not the same. Oriental rugs are those that are knotted by hand in Asia, Iran, India, Russia, China, Turkey, Pakistan, Nepal, and Turkey, while Persian rugs are created by fine craftspeople only in Iran (which was known as Persia).
Only hand-knotted rugs are true Oriental or Persian rugs. All rugs as long as they are truly hand-made and made well will increase in value over time.
We just saw this photo today and fell in love with this Jaipur kilim.
