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The Oriental Rug Retailers of America (ORRA) is a non-profit organization [citation needed] that was founded over 40 years ago to promote ethical practices in the Oriental rug business. The organization provides member and consumer education as well as specialized Oriental rug appraiser certifications. The goal of ORRA is to combat the spread ...
An oriental rug is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in "Oriental countries" for home use, local sale, and export. Oriental carpets can be pile woven or flat woven without pile, [ 1 ] using various materials such as silk, wool, cotton, jute and animal hair. [ 2 ]
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Detail of the Mantes Carpet, Safavid, Louvre Hunting Carpet made by Ghiyâth-ud-Din Jâmi, wool, cotton and silk, 1542–1543, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan 16th century, the "Schwarzenberg Carpet" Persian Safavid period Animal carpet 16th century, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Detail of the above carpet Safavid Kerman ‘vase’ carpet fragment, southeast Persia, early 17th century
Oriented strand board (OSB) is a type of engineered wood, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations. It was invented by Armin Elmendorf in California in 1963. [ 1 ]
In this way the log is peeled into sheets of veneer, which are then cut to the desired oversize dimensions, to allow it to shrink (depending on wood species) when dried. The sheets are then patched, graded, glued together and then baked in a press at a temperature of at least 140 °C (284 °F), and at a pressure of up to 1.9 MPa (280 psi) (but ...