Portuguese Antique Rugs and Carpets

Portuguese rugs are renowned for its embroidered carpets worked in wool on linen. No known tradition exists in Portugal for knotted-pile carpet weaving, although Moorish carpet weavers until the early 15th century until they were expelled. Arraiolos, Portuguese needlework carpets, are from a town in the province of Alto Alentejo in south-central Portugal. These rugs are extremely varied, including adaptations of rococo ornament, geometric folk-art motifs and imitations of Antolian rugs. They are also known for alpujarra rugs.