What is the difference between natural wool hand-made rugs and synthetic fiber machine-made rugs?
Hand-made rugs use natural wool while lower quality synthetic fibers such as nylon are used in machine made rugs. Wool is the traditional fiber used in fine hand made Oriental rugs. Natural wool not only wears longer, but it also preserves its beautiful appearance, stays new-looking longer, and get better as they age. Each wool fiber is made up of millions of “coiled springs” that stretch and give rather than break, and so wool is extremely durable. Wool rugs absorb dyes differently than synthetic rugs giving them a more authentic look. Wool also maintains natural oils to protect from dirt and wear, used in authentic original oriental rugs for centuries. All of Solomon’s rugs are of made of authentic wool, silk, cotton, or combination.
