Introduction

China has a very long history of carpet-weaving which could be traced back to Han dynasty. The traditional Chinese carpets are made of cotton worps and wefts with natural-dyed wool pile on them. All the origins of Chinese Carpet are in the northwestern part of China because of the prevalence of sheep farming in those regions. The dye could be either vegetable or mineral. The design varies from geometrical, vegetable, animal to human-being. The Chinese carpets can be categoried according to the use into floor carpets, asile rug, saddle rug, wall-hanging, bed cusion, chair cusion and sitting cusion.