Love style? Love Afghan/Persian rugs

Do you consider yourself to have style and elegance?  Is your home full of beautiful things?  If so, you are going to love our Afghan and Persian rug collections and you’ll soon see why the FrithRugs brand is synonymous with traditional rugs.

Afghan Art

Our Afghan rugs are quite simply a work of art in their own right.  Some are influenced by Persian design, others have a more Oriental style – regardless of what type of design draws your attention, you can be sure your Afghan rug has been perfectly crafted by experts. 

For example, the Afghan Mushwani Tribal rugs are made in Western Afghanistan – they tend to use darker colours and they are usually available in smaller sizes to suit a more compact room.

Kelims are still made using vegetable dyes and their striking patterns complement modern neutral colour schemes as well as period homes.  The offer a flat tapestry and predominantly feature colours of blue, green, yellow, and red in geometric patterns

Meanwhile the Kaynak collection often feature bigger and bolder designs in bright blue and red and their strong colour will brighten any room.  Many of these rugs are available in a range of sizes and shapes.

Perfect Persian

For the more discerning homebuyer a Persian rug is the rug to have on the floor. The art of carpet weaving in Iran originated more than 2,500 years ago. Throughout Iran’s history, Persian rugs have been woven by both nomads and royal court producers and there are hundreds of Persian rug types because they are named after the tribe that created them or the area they were from.

Even though today’s rugs have been updated, very little has changed in terms of the way they are made and in particular the use of vegetable and plant dye.  

These products are among the most expensive rugs on the market, however, many are of exceptionally fine quality and designs which often include patterns native to the area the rug was woven.

FrithRugs stock an amazing range of Persian rugs in numerous sizes and designs and our experts are happy to guide you through the buying process to ensure you select the rug that is right for you and your home.

It’s no wonder that our stately homes, palaces, museums and historic houses contain Persian rugs – they have always been recognised as prestigious objects and if you enjoy the finer things of life, then your home deserves one of these original works of art.

Browse our full collection of Afghan and Persian rugs online or in one of our outlets and with such a wide choice available, you are sure to find a rug that will suit your home.

FrithRugs Provenance

As it’s Fairtrade Fortnight, we thought what better time to remind our customers about the high standards we demand from our Indian rug manufacturers.  

We are one of the UK’s biggest importers of rugs and carpets and so are keen to ensure that the products we sell have been produced to the highest standards and without exploitation.

One way we can do this is by visiting manufacturing and weaving areas several times a year to ensure our ethical policies are being enforced – for example, insisting that no child or slave labour is used.  

We fully support and endorse GoodWeave UK (the international non-profit organization devoted to ending child labour in the handmade carpet industry in South Asia) which is ideal for smaller importers and wholesalers.  However, as a company with major purchasing power, FrithRugs feel more confident in setting out and adhering to our own stringent polices which we can police and enforce.   

We want to ensure that customers can purchase FrithRugs Indian rugs with confidence and with complete peace of mind and so in order to be sure of the provenance of FrithRugs we insist on our own labels which meet our own exacting standards. 

We have also helped establish a school in the main weaving area of Bhadohi in Utta Pradesh, North East India and continue to contribute to the running of the school.  To date we have helped educate 2,000 girls.

Introduce Chinoserie into your home

For hundreds of years’ British homes have admired Oriental design and introduced it into interior design. The 17th and 18th centuries were a time for exploration, and as a result, a fascination with all things Asian took Europe by storm. From Oriental rugs to wallpaper designs, from lacquerware to furniture, the Chinese imagery of dragons, pagodas, exotic flowers and snakes fascinated Europeans who wanted to introduce this exciting new style into their homes.

For people who love classic design, introducing an element of Chinoserie is the perfect way to demonstrate elegance and style.  What better time to think about this type of design than during Chinese New Year.

This year the Chinese New Year or Spring festival starts on February 5^th.  This year, it’s the Year of the Pig - a year that will be full of joy and friendship.  It also presents a great opportunity to invest and make money. 

One investment you can make is that of a superb Chinese rug - and as FrithRugs has so many Oriental designs to choose from, you won’t need to go anywhere else.  While we can’t promise you will make money, we can promise that investing in one of our gorgeous rugs will ensure your home is the epitome of style.

A rug is often a good starting point for introducing Chinoiserie chic into your room.  You can choose from some incredibly bold and colourful designs like the dragon - but remember with such a statement rug, your other pieces should be subtler. Or, if you prefer something more understated with just a hint of the Orient, we have rugs that are unmistakably from the East featuring blocks of colour with a traditional Chinese design in the centre or around the border.  

Colour has great symbolism for the Chinese. Red for example, symbolises luck and happiness, gold means wealth and happiness and blue reflects healing, relaxation and calmness.  Which colour do you prefer?

To complement your Chinese rug, introduce other items such as bamboo furniture and occasional pieces of porcelain to demonstrate your Eastern flair.