Rug design

The Persians found an answer to all these limitations many years ago, in fact their solutions have never been improved. Today many people prefer simpler patterns but the best designs for floorcoverings, no matter what type, will always be flat, balanced and restrained.

In the designing department ideas are not only created, but every design, before it can be made into cloth, must be translated into a loom-pattern.

Checked paper similar to graph paper is used, each small rectangle representing a tuft of pile. The finest sketch is worthless if it is not "put into checks" with skill and imagination