Area rugs placed over bare floors or carpeting are a quick and attractive way to personalize a rental space. The look of silk, in particular, can instantly give shimmering life to a ho-hum room.

Buying Oriental rugs.— Mostly made of wool, although some are also woven using silk or cotton, or a combination of the two. On the other hand, an Oriental-style rug: — Is a reproduction ...

Say a producer’s cost, for labor, materials and to ship rugs to a U.S. warehouse, comes out to $15 a square foot. He will generally sell rugs to a buyer for twice that, or $30.

In patterned rugs, “very often we have a wool background and then highlight the motif with silk, because it helps it pop,” said Ms. Joicey-Cecil, of the Rug Company.

Zarin says, “The rugs feel like they’re made of silk.” So while they are inexpensive, they don't look cheap. A contemporary look from the Uptown collection. Ngoc Minh Ngo ...

Oriental rugs bring a timeless and subtly colorful look to any space, but the foot traffic, dust, and dirt they're subject to means that they need to be cleaned every once in a while. While ...